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At the start of term the local village is sent into a panic
at the awful prospect of the pupils returning. The chickens
return to their coops in a panic, the local policeman locks
himself into a cell and phones his inspector with the dread
cry "They're back!"
Events follow quickly as wide boy Harry (George Cole), who
sells the booze the girls produce in the lab and keeps them
in cigarettes, considers the possibility of sabotaging Arab
Boy now the favourite in an upcoming race.
The police also take an interest in the form of Sergeant
Ruby Gates (Joyce Grenfell) who works undercover as a teacher.
The Belles of St. Trinian's is the first of a series of films
based on the brilliant cartoons of Ronald Searle. Alastair
Sim is superb in drag as the eccentric headmistress and also
plays a double role as her grasping brother Clarence.
To an older generation schoolgirls wearing gymslips, high
heels, fishnet stockings, smoking cigars and sipping gin the
film is risqué. To their grandchildren, the slapstick comedy
in it is good for a laugh.
Conclusion: Movie 75% Extras - 20%
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