The Belles of St
Trinian's (1954)
Based on the cartoons
of Ronald Searle this film from director Frank launder stars Alastair
Sim, Joyce Grenfell and George Cole. Staff and pupils at a
notoriously rowdy girls boarding school get involved in a horse
racing scam.
At the time of it's
release this film was a big hit in British cinema and was recently
remade but it has to be said a lot of the humour in this film is
fairly cheap. The supporting character of the Sultan really dates the
film and probably skirts around being an offensive stereotype.
Overall there are some decent elements but I'm not really sure that
the film ever fleshes out the more interesting parts of them, namely
the crazy antics of the pupils.
2/5
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