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      The Belles of St. Trinian's

      1954 1h 31m Comedy List
      71% 7 Reviews Tomatometer 68% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score A headmistress attempts to keep peace at Britain's most infamous girls school. Based on Ronald Searles' cartoons. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Apr 16 Buy Now

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      Audience Member Raucous comedy lite of some girls school which has started me weirdly saucy older girls there and a lot of creepy older men with a lot of access to the school. Of its time? Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review robert p An Awesome comedy from England. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review William L A surprisingly raucous comedy from a nation that has historically prided itself on the wry nature of its humor, and even more so by its predominantly female host of characters, given the period. Even if the protagonist is actually a man in drag, The Belles of St. Trinian's still stands out as a notably early example of women presented in film as actual characters rather than porcelain doll or femme fatale figures, though I'd stop short of calling it the Black Narcissus of comedies. A creative introduction to the comedy of Alastair Sim, one of an endless list of once-prominent actors whose name has fallen through the cracks of popular culture and failed to endure to the present day through no fault of his own. The story can hardly claim to be entirely sewn up, with subplots that just sort of peter out, but the comedic timing of Sim and the consistently rowdy nature of 'her' students carry the day. (3/5) Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/21/20 Full Review Audience Member Not a bad film for its age but obviously a bit dated now (1953). Not in the same class as the likes of The Carry Ons or George Formby, Laurel and Hardy et al., but OK to while away a slow afternoon in the winter. Watch out for George Cole (Minder), Sid James and Beryl Reid in this one. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Basically, a hoot. Stuffed with top comic actors. Wonderful stuff. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Very funny British comedy with Alistair Sim in a dual role (one played in drag!). Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Laurie Ann Ladylike A delightfully funny comedy gem. May 10, 2022 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Alastair Sim is amusing as the eternally anxious headmistress. Rated: 3/4 May 12, 2020 Full Review Roger Moore Movie Nation The third act...is a near riot of action, climaxing with a restaging of the "Zulu Wars" in the crowded halls of a tumbledown manor house turned boarding school for girls. Rated: 2.5/4 May 6, 2020 Full Review David Bax Battleship Pretension There are nice touches in the production design, like shattered windows and locked up silver, but Launder doesn't have the light touch as a director that he does as a writer... May 1, 2020 Full Review MFB Critics Monthly Film Bulletin This transportation of Ronald Searle's awful school has been effected with the greatest possible success. Jan 24, 2018 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Jul 25, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A headmistress attempts to keep peace at Britain's most infamous girls school. Based on Ronald Searles' cartoons.
      Director
      Frank Launder
      Screenwriter
      Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat, Val Valentine
      Production Co
      London Film Production, British Lion Film Corporation
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Apr 7, 2020
      Runtime
      1h 31m
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