| The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery | |
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| Directed by | Sidney Gilliat Frank Launder |
| Written by | Frank Launder Ivor Herbert |
| Produced by | Sidney Gilliat Frank Launder |
| Starring | Frankie Howerd Dora Bryan George Cole Reg Varney Raymond Huntley Richard Wattis |
| Cinematography | Ken Hodges |
| Edited by | Geoffrey Foot |
| Music by | Malcolm Arnold |
| Distributed by | British Lion Films |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery is a British comedy film, directed by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat, written by Sidney and Leslie Gilliat, and released on 4 April 1966. It is the last of the original series of films based on the St Trinian's School set of images and comics, and the only one to be produced in colour. The film stars a selection of actors from previous films in the series, including George Cole, Richard Wattis, Eric Barker, Michael Ripper, and Raymond Huntley, alongside Frankie Howerd, Reg Varney, Dora Bryan, and the voice of Stratford Johns.[1][2]
The film's story focuses on St Trinian's becoming caught up in a train robbery, after the gang who conducted it attempts to reclaim their loot from the building that the students and teachers now inhabit. The story itself is based on the actual Great Train Robbery that took place in 1963, and includes numerous parodies of the technocratic ideas of the Harold Wilson government and its support of the comprehensive school system, and spoof elements based upon those from the James Bond spy films of the Sixties.[3]
- ^ "The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery (1966) starring Frankie Howerd, Dora Bryan, George Cole, Reg Varney, Raymond Huntley, Richard Wattis, Portland Mason, Terry Scott, Eric Barker directed by Sidney Gilliat, and Frank Launder – movie review on The Movie Scene".
- ^ "The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery – review – cast and crew, movie star rating and where to watch film on TV and online". Radio Times.
- ^ "The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery (1966) – BFI". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012.