The Wildcats of St Trinian's
| The Wildcats of St. Trinian's | |
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| Directed by | Frank Launder |
| Written by | Frank Launder Ronald Searle |
| Produced by | E.M. Smedley-Aston |
| Starring | Sheila Hancock Michael Hordern Joe Melia Thorley Walters Rodney Bewes Maureen Lipman Julia McKenzie Rosalind Knight Ambrosine Phillpotts Rose Hill Deborah Norton |
| Cinematography | Ernest Steward |
| Edited by | Antony Gibbs |
| Music by | James Kenelm Clarke |
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Running time | 91 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Wildcats of St. Trinian's is the fifth British comedy film set in the fictional St Trinian's School. It was released in 1980.[1]
The film poked 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 success and has yet to be released on DVD except in the US.[2]
Plot
The girls of St. Trinian's hatch yet another fiendish plot—a trade union for British schoolgirls. Their friend and mentor, Flash Harry, suggests a plan which involves kidnapping girls from other rather more respectable colleges and substituting their own "agents". Thus begins a hilarious, often bloody, battle of wits as the girls meet resistance not only from Olga Vandermeer, their Headmistress, but from the Minister of Education, a private detective, and an oil sheikh. Despite all his desperate efforts to foil the conspiracy, the Minister has to face a growing realisation that the girls' demands will have to be met—for him this will mean a very great and very personal sacrifice.
Cast
- Sheila Hancock as Olga Vandemeer
- Michael Hordern as Sir Charles Hackforth
- Joe Melia as Flash Harry
- Thorley Walters as Hugo Culpepper Brown
- Rodney Bewes as Peregrine Butters
- Deborah Norton as Miss Brenner
- Maureen Lipman as Miss Katy Higgs
- Julia McKenzie as Miss Dolly Dormancott
- Ambrosine Phillpotts as Mrs Mowbray
- Rose Hill as Miss Martingale
- Diana King as Miss Mactavish
- Luan Peters as Miss Poppy Adams
- Barbara Hicks as Miss Coke
- Rosalind Knight as Miss Walsh
- Patsy Smart as Miss Warmold
- Bernadette O'Farrell as Miss Carfax
- Sandra Payne as Miss Taylor
- Frances Ruffelle as Angela Hall / Princess Roxanne
- Hilda Braid as Miss Summers
- Lisa Vanderpump as Ursula
- Debbie Linden as Mavis