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Pure Hell of St. Trinian's review by A customer from Edinburgh, Scotland.

AN INSULT TO THE ORIGINAL 4 January 2009
...From; SILVER HARP Edinburgh Pure Hell of St. Trinian’s (Frank Launder 1957 UK) £4. 10s 6d (about £4.50 in new money). That’s what I’d have paid the scriptw... Read customer review

Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery on DVD (1966)
Starring: Dora Bryan, George Cole, Eric Barker
Director: Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder
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Leaving a notorious trail of arson behind them, the St. Trinian's schoolgirls are always on the move. Their headmistress is more than 'just friends' with the Minister of Schools. Armed with a government grant, she re-houses her girls in yet another home - Hamingwell Grange. What she doesn't know is ..read more »

71% from 897 members

Left, Right and Centre on DVD (1959)
Starring: Alastair Sim
Director: Mario Zampi, Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder
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An amateur politician finds himself up against a committed activist at the Earndale bi-election. The problem is that they start to become attracted to one another...

70% from 148 members

Pure Hell of St. Trinian's on DVD (1957)
Starring: George Cole, Cecil Parker, Frankie Howard
Director: Frank Launder
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The fourth form monsters latest trick is their best ever - they've burned down St. Trinian's! As the school stands trials, the police breathe a sigh of relief. But miraculously the judges infatuation with Rosalie, the beautiful blonde of the sixth form, means the school is freed. And with them go ..read more »

69% from 1,574 member

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's on DVD (1956)
Starring: Lionel Jeffries, Alastair Sim, George Cole
Director: Frank Launder
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This, the second in the series, takes the anarchic schoolgirls to Rome, having won a UNESCO prize trip. There they become involved with a jewel thief...

70% from 914 members

The Green Man on DVD (1956)
Starring: George Cole, Alastair Sim
Director: Basil Dearden, Mario Zampi, Robert Day
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Alistair Sim plays a mild, innocuous little watchmaker who spends his off-hours as a professional assassin. His present target is windbag cabinet member Raymond Huntley. After various misfire attempts, Sim plants a bomb in a small radio and waits for the tube to warm up--but the authorities by now ..read more »

73% from 478 members

Geordie on DVD (1955)
Starring: Alastair Sim
Director: Mario Zampi, Frank Launder
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Concerned about his small stature, a young Scottish boy applies for a mail-order body building course, successfully gaining both height and strength. At the age of 21, he displays a talent for hammer-throwing, and is selected to represent Britain in the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia.

73% from 198 members

Belles of St. Trinian's on DVD (1954)
Starring: Beryl Reid, George Cole, Alastair Sim
Director: Frank Launder
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The Headmistress of St. Trinian's, the renowned establishment for the education of young ladies, faces a few problems with her students. The unruly schoolgirls are more interested in men and mischief than homework and hockey. But greater trouble than ever beckons when the arrival at the school of ..read more »

69% from 3,192 members

Folly to Be Wise on DVD (1952)
Starring: Alastair Sim
Director: Mario Zampi, Frank Launder
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Comedy maestro Alastair Sim stars as Captain Paris, an exasperated army chaplain and entertainments officer of a conscripted battalion. Attempting to put on a show for his battalion, it's hardly surprising his big idea for fun and games is a Brains Trust. Amazingly the punters flood in but his ..read more »

67% from 174 members

Laughter in Paradise on DVD (1951)
Starring: Alastair Sim
Director: Mario Zampi, Frank Launder
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A practical joker, Henry Russell (Hugh Griffith), leaves £50,000 to each of his four relatives on condition they complete an unusual task.

79% from 229 members

The Happiest Days Of Your Life on DVD (1950)
Starring: Margaret Rutherford, Joyce Grenfell, Alastair Sim
Director: Frank Launder
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A mix-up by the Ministry sees boys joining the girls at Nurbourne College. With Joyce Grenfell as the Gym Mistress the scene is set for laughs.

71% from 618 members

Stewart Granger Collection - Captain Boycott on DVD (1947)
Starring: Stewart Granger, James Mason, Kathleen Ryan
Director: Frank Launder, Arthur Crabtree, Anthony Asquith
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Includes the Stewart Granger film CAPTAIN BOYCOTT

72% from 33 members

I See a Dark Stranger on DVD (1946)
Starring: Deborah Kerr, Trevor Howard, Raymond Huntley
Director: Frank Launder
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Directed by Frank Launder and written by Sidney Gilliat, I See A Dark Stranger is a suspense-filled, highly entertaining spy drama about a highly-strung Irish girl, Bridie Quilty (Deborah Kerr) whose father delights in spinning tall tales about his role in the 1916 uprising against the English. ..read more »

65% from 50 members

Two Thousand Women on DVD (1944)
Starring: Phyllis Calvert, Flora Robson, Patricia Roc
Director: Frank Launder
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The '2000 Women' of the film's title are the female inmates in a WW II German concentration camp in France. Though many of the women don't get along, they are united in their hatred for their Nazi captors. The story takes a truly melodramatic turn when three English airmen parachute into the camp, ..read more »

64% from 36 members

Millions Like Us on DVD (1943)
Starring: Patricia Roc, Gordon Jackson, Anne Crawford
Director: Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder
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When Celia Crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamor job in one of the services, but as a single girl, she is directed into a factory making aircraft parts. Here she meets other girls for all different walks of life, and begins a relationship with a young airman...

67% from 264 members

Alastair Sim - The Comic Icons Collection (5 discs) on DVD
Starring: Alastair Sim
Director: Mario Zampi, Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliant
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Collection of five films starring the iconic Alastair Sim. Includes THE GREEN MAN, FOLLY TO BE WISE, GEORDIE, LEFT RIGHT AND CENTRE and LAUGHTER IN PARADISE.

71% from 328 members

Laughter in Paradise - 4.0 stars
Geordie - 3.5 stars
The Green Man - 3.5 stars
The Happiest Days Of Your Life - 3.5 stars
Alastair Sim - The Comic Icons Collection - 3.5 stars

Alastair Sim - 10 times - show films
George Cole - 5 times - show films
Joyce Grenfell - 4 times - show films
Patricia Roc - 3 times - show films
Phyllis Calvert - 2 times - show films

Mario Zampi - 6 times - show films
Sidney Gilliat - 3 times - show films
Rob - 1 times - show films
Robert Day - 1 times - show films
Sidney Gilliant - 1 times - show films