Popularity: 4 (history)
Director: | Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat |
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Writer: | Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat, Leslie Gilliat, Ivor Herbert |
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The all-girl school foil an attempt by train robbers to recover two and a half million pounds hidden in their school. | |
Release Date: | Mar 11, 1966 |
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Director: | Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat |
Writer: | Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat, Leslie Gilliat, Ivor Herbert |
Genres: | Family, Comedy, Crime |
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Production Companies | British Lion Film Corporation, Braywild |
Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
Name | Character |
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Frankie Howerd | Alphonse of Monte Carlo / Alfred Askett |
Dora Bryan | Amber Spottiswood |
George Cole | 'Flash' Harry |
Reg Varney | Gilbert |
Raymond Huntley | Sir Horace, the Minister |
Richard Wattis | Manton Bassett |
Portland Mason | Georgina |
Terry Scott | Policeman |
Eric Barker | Culpepper Brown |
Godfrey Winn | Truelove |
Colin Gordon | Noakes |
Desmond Walter-Ellis | Leonard Edwards |
Arthur Mullard | Big Jim |
Norman Mitchell | William |
Cyril Chamberlain | Maxie |
Larry Martyn | Chips |
Leon Thau | Pakistani Porter |
Elspeth Duxbury | Veronica Bledlow |
Barbara Couper | |
Carole Ann Ford | |
Margaret Nolan | |
Maggie Rennie | |
Jean St. Clair | |
Lisa Lee | |
Peter Gilmore | |
Michael Ripper | |
George Benson | |
Meredith Edwards | |
Jeremy Clyde | |
Aubrey Morris | |
William Kendall | |
Stratford Johns | The Voice (voice) |
Ingrid Boulting | Schoolgirl |
Name | Job |
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Frank Launder | Writer, Director |
Sidney Gilliat | Writer, Director |
Malcolm Arnold | Original Music Composer |
Leslie Gilliat | Writer |
Ivor Herbert | Writer |
Vicki Deason | Production Secretary |
Barbara Hopkins | Sound |
Geoffrey Foot | Editor |
Ken Hodges | Director of Photography |
Name | Title |
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Leslie Gilliat | Producer |
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Jolly Hockey Sticks Part 4. The fourth part of the St. Trinian's themed films is the first to be shot in colour, and also the point where someone should have realised that this series had run out of steam. Based on Ronald Searle's demonic schoolgirls, this outing cribs off of the topical Great Tr ... ain Robbery of the 60s, retains George Cole as a reassuring presence, while adding Dora Bryan and Frankie Howerd for some acting solidification. It's not a bad film as such, in fact the last quarter, where a whole host of train shenanigans come into play, is great fun, it's just that it feels tired, less risky, like the makers were hedging their bets to get a box office winner (which came to fruition). Fast framing is a bit of a cheat, Howerd is wasted - or sleepwalking through the film? But Bryan is on hand for a bit of quality while the girls are all boisterous and minxy. Enjoyable enough for those so inclined, even if it's utterly forgettable come the final credits. 6/10
Though George Cole stayed put as the wily "Flash Harry", the stylishness and mischief of the Sim/Grenfell films has been replaced by the more crass, innuendo-laden and colour performances from Frankie Howerd and Dora Bryan. Raymond Huntley ("Sir Horace") is the government minister who decides to all ... ocate £85,000 to locate the ailing school and to keep it up to date with the times. Thing is, it's headmistress "Amber" (Bryan) is his bit-on-the-side and she uses the cash to ensure the school becomes little better than a state of the art gambling facility that wouldn't have looked out of place in Atlantic City. Unbeknown to them all though, the old building in which their school is now housed has already been used for a nefarious purpose by some train robbers. Needless to say, they want access to their ill-gotten gains hidden under the floorboards - and when the unruly girls get wise to their plotting, shenanigans galore ensue! Bryan and Howerd both have good comedy coming and a degree of chemistry, but the latter is too domineering as an actor and as character - and as I was never really his biggest fan anyway, I found he rather robbed the thing of any subtlety or hint of comedic sophistication. If you like, "St. Trinians" is now steaming towards "Carry On" territory and leaving behind it the charming boisterousness of previous iterations. It isn't terrible and some of the humour is still quite perky, but these have run their course now, I'd say.