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Film / 1960
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
Directed by
Frank Launder
The fourth form monsters' latest trick is their best yet – they have burned down the school! As the girls stand trial, police breathe a sigh of relief, but miraculously the judge's infatuation with a student means the school is freed. For the authorities, it means a new reign of terror as the girls of St Trinian’s regroup with gleeful anticipation.
The story
The fourth form monsters' latest trick is their best yet – they have burned down the school! As the girls stand trial, police breathe a sigh of relief, but miraculously the judge's infatuation with a student means the school is freed. For the authorities, it means a new reign of terror as the girls of St Trinian’s regroup with gleeful anticipation.
In the same saga
St Trinian's Collection
In release order
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
This filmThe Pure Hell of St Trinian's
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
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Cast
Cecil ParkerProfessor Canford
George Cole'Flash' Harry Cuthbert Edwards
Joyce GrenfellSergeant Ruby Gates
Eric BarkerCulpepper-Brown
Thorley WaltersButters
Irene HandlMiss Harker-Parker
Dennis PriceGore Blackwood
Sidney JamesAlphonse O'Reilly
Julie AlexanderRosalie Dawn
Lloyd LambleSuperintendent Samuel Kemp-Bird
Raymond HuntleyJudge Slender
Nicholas PhippsMajor Hargreaves
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Lisa LeeMiss Brenner
John Le MesurierMinister of Education
George BensonDefence Counsel
Elwyn Brook-JonesEmir
Basil DignamArmy Officer
Cyril ChamberlainArmy Captain
Michael RipperLiftman
Mark DignamProsecuting Counsel
Monte LandisOctavius
Warren MitchellTailor
Clive MortonV.I.P.
Wensley PitheyChief Constable
Liz FraserWPC Susan Partridge
Bill ShineUsher
Edina RonayLavinia (uncredited)
Erica RogersBobbie (uncredited)
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