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Frankie Howerd, Reg Varney, Desmond Walter-Ellis, Richard Wattis, Stratford Johns ... see more see more... , Eric Barker , Cyril Chamberlain , Dora Bryan , Arthur Mullard , George Cole , Raymond Huntley , Peter Gilmore , George Benson , Michael Ripper , Godfrey Winn , Barbara Couper , Margaret Nolan , Elspeth Duxbury , Maggie McGrath , Carole Ann Ford , Portland Mason , Colin Gordon , Leon Thau , Meredith Edwards , Jeremy Clyde , Lisa Lee , Aubrey Morris , Terry Scott , Sidney Gilliat , Victor Kendall , Norman Mitchell , Jean St. Clair

Cartoonist Ronald Searle's delightfully diabolical private-school girls are back in action in The Great St. Trinian's Bank Robbery. Comedian Frankie Howerd plays the head of a train-robbery gang who c... read more read more...leverly hides the loot from their biggest haul (presumably the infamous "Great Train Robbery" of 1963) in a deserted old mansion. The gang waits the traditional seven years for the statute of limitations to run out then returns to the mansion to dig up their $7 million booty. Unfortunately, the joint has been converted into the new site for St. Trinian's School for Girls. Even more unfortunately (for the crooks, but not the audience) those "girls" are all holy terrors. The film's climax occurs during a riotous Parents' Day ceremony, which predictably segues into a wild train chase. Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery might have been funnier had Alastair Sim, the star of the first three "St. Trinian's" entries, made a return appearance. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat

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DVD Release Date: September 11, 2007

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