Belles of St Trinian’s, The (1954)

A rollicking British comedy based on Ronald Searle’s cartoons of a terrifying girls’ school known as St. Trinian’s.

Bookie Clarence (Alastair Sim) is the brother of Millicent Fitton (also Alastair Sim), the headmistress of St Trinian’s School for Girls.

Clarence sneaks his daughter into the school as a student to pick up racing tips from Princess Fatima of Makyad – the daughter of an Arabic racehorse owner.

The horse, Arab Boy, is due to run in the Gold Cup and is being backed heavily by the fourth form girls, Miss Fritton, and the school funds to win a fortune.

Cockney spiv Flash Harry (George Cole) is on hand to make a profit from the girl’s booze manufacturing while ditzy policewoman Ruby Gates (Joyce Grenfell) attempts to keep a watch on all the proceedings.

The racehorse is kidnapped by the sixth form, but rescued in time to win the race and save St Trinian’s from bankruptcy.

Clarence
Alastair Sim
Miss Fitton
Alastair Sim
PC Ruby Gates
Joyce Grenfell
Flash Harry
George Cole
Miss Drownder
Hermione Baddeley
Miss Waters
Betty Ann Davies
Miss Brimmer
Renee Houston
Miss Wilson
Beryl Reid
Miss Gale
Irene Handl
Miss Buckland
Mary Merrall
Miss Dawn
Joan Sims
Benny
Sid James
Eric Rowbottom Smith
Guy Middleton
Wilfred Woodley
Arthur Howard
Albert Fanning
Michael Ripper
Jackie
Diana Day
Florrie
Jill Braidwood
Maudie
Annabelle Covey
Celia
Pauline Drewett
Rosie
Jean Langston
Arabella
Vivienne Martin
Gladys
Elizabeth Griffiths
Lucretia
Andrée Melly
Amanda
Belinda Lee
Sultan
Eric Pohlmann
Princess Fatima
Lorna Henderson
Alf
Jerry Verno

Director
Frank Launder