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The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery |
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The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery - 1966 | 93 mins | Comedy | ColourThe Production TeamDirector: Frank
Launder and Sidney Gilliat.
Producer: Leslie Gilliat. Script: Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder and Ivor Herbert. Cinematography: Ken Hodges. Editing: Geoffrey Foot. Art Direction: Albert Witherick. Music Direction: Malcolm Arnold. |
The CastGeorge Cole
- Flash Harry Frankie Howerd - Alphonse Askett Dora Bryan - Amber Spottiswood Eric Barker - Culpepper-Brown Reg Varney - Gilbert Portland Mason - Georgina Richard Wattis - Bassett Raymond Huntley - Judge Godfrey Winn - Truelove Arthur Mullard - Big Jim Terry Scott - Policeman |
Plot SynopsisThe first colour entry in St. Trinian's series takes inspiration from the notorious real-life mail train robbery of 1963. The fourth entry in the series based on Ronald Searle's cartoon schoolgirls has its moments but lacks inspiration and the presence of Alastair Sim and Joyce Grenfell is sorely missed. Alphonse Askett (Frankie Howerd), leads a gang of crooks who pull of a train-robbery, Operation Windfall, and stash their loot in a deserted country mansion. After waiting a few years they return to the mansion to collect their £2.5 million booty, unfortunately, following a Labour election triumph, the building has been converted into a new home for St. Trinian's School for Girls. The crooks decide to infiltrate the school by sending Askett’s delinquent daughters, Lavinia and Marcia Mary, to St. Trinian’s to find out where the loot is stashed. The crooks attempt to retrieve the money on Parent's Day, disguised as caterers, results in a climatic train chase between the robbers and the girls. |
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