The Wildcats of St Trinian's

The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
DVD cover
Directed byFrank Launder
Written byFrank Launder
Ronald Searle
Produced byE.M. Smedley-Aston
StarringSheila Hancock
Michael Hordern
Joe Melia
Thorley Walters
Rodney Bewes
Maureen Lipman
Julia McKenzie
Rosalind Knight
Ambrosine Phillpotts
Rose Hill
Deborah Norton
CinematographyErnest Steward
Edited byAntony Gibbs
Music byJames Kenelm Clarke
Production
company
Wildcat Film Productions
Distributed byEnterprise
Release date
  • 1980 (1980)
Running time
91 min.
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Wildcats of St Trinian's is the fifth British comedy film set in the fictional St Trinian's School. Directed by Frank Launder, it was released in 1980.[1][2]

The film pokes fun at the British trade union movement which had been responsible for the recent wave of strikes that culminated in the Winter of Discontent.

The film was not a critical or commercial success.[3] It has yet to be released on DVD except in the US.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Radio Times | Film review". 7 March 2005. Archived from the original on 7 March 2005.
  2. ^ WILDCATS OF ST. TRINIAN'S, The Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 47, Iss. 552, (1 January, 1980): 97
  3. ^ Obituary: Frank Launder, The Independent, 24 February 1997, p. 16