Blue Murder at St. Trinian's

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957)

They're back... and up to no good!!!

With their headmistress under lock and key in her majesty's prison, the St Trinian's girls find themselves under the protection of the army. However, when the sixth form take a fancy to winning a trip to Italy through means fair or foul, the army discover this is one battle they can't win. Let loose in Europe, it is not long before St Trinian's have succeeded in endangering European relations.

Date of release
1957-12-10
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (32)
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Frank Launder
Collection
St Trinian's Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

Blue Murder at St Trinian's is a 1957 British comedy film, directed by Frank Launder, co-written by Launder and Sidney Gilliat, and starring Terry-Thomas, George Cole, Joyce Grenfell, Lionel Jeffries and Richard Wattis. The film also includes a brief cameo of Alastair Sim, reprising his lead role in the 1954 film, The Belles of St. Trinian's. Inspired by the St Trinian's School comic strips by British cartoonist Ronald Searle, the film is the second entry in the St. Trinian's film series, with its plot seeing the students of the fictional school making plans to secure a place on a European tour, all while aiding a criminal who is secretly seeking to escape the country with stolen jewels.

Production

As Miss Fritton, Alastair Sim appears in only two scenes.

A leading model at the time, Sabrina got high billing, appearing in all the posters and publicity stills in school uniform, but she actually had a non-speaking part in which she was only required to lounge in bed reading a book, while policemen hover, "searching" around her. She is described as the "school swot", the only pupil to go to bed on time and where she reads the works of Dostoyevsky.

Thorley Walters was to re-appear in The Pure Hell of St Trinian's, effectively replacing Richard Wattis as Culpepper-Brown's nerve-racked assistant. He was also to play the part of Culpepper-Brown himself in The Wildcats of St Trinian's in 1980.

It was Rosalind Knight's first credited film role. She too later appeared in The Wildcats film, this time as a teacher.

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