Interesteg What makes it different from others?

Fluentiama Perfect cast and a good story

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Tweekums This film opens with the theft of two and a half million pounds from a mail train; after stealing the money the thieves stash the loot at the abandoned Hamingwell Grange with the intention of retrieving it later when the heat has died down. What they didn't count on was that the infamous St. Trinian's school would be moving into the building with the help of corrupt minister Sir Horace. When the thieves return for the loot they are chased off by the girls and their leader, Alphonse, contacts the nameless mastermind behind the robbery and is told to send his daughters to the school so that they can case the joint. They inform there father that there will be a parents days soon during which the building will be empty. The thieves pass themselves off as caterers and start removing the loot but when it starts raining everybody comes indoors and when the girls spot them the chase is on... the thieves load the loot onto a stolen train and in the final scenes of the film they, the girls and the police charge back and forth in trains; of course the villains were doomed from the start!This entry into the St. St Trinian's franchise has some good laughs and nicely includes references to some topical events; most obviously the Great Train Robbery of 1963. The plot is fairly basic but that is probably a good thing as it means most of the time can be spent on providing laughs. Much of the action concentrates in the thieves, the school staff and civil servants involved in a subplot where they want the school shut and only a fairly limited time is given to the girls themselves; this is a pity as they provide a great sense of anarchic fun; thankfully they take a greater role towards the end; the train chase was a lot of fun. There are some flaws of course; the film is frequently speeded up during the chases; this is funny once or twice but here it is used far too much far worse though is the use of 'browned-up' actor to play the comedy-Pakistani railway worker; surely the creators could have found an actor of Pakistani origin... no doubt it provided laughs in '66 but now it just feels awkward to watch. Despite these flaws the film is a decent way to pass the time.

Leofwine_draca THE GREAT ST. TRINIAN'S TRAIN ROBBERY was the last of the St. Trinian's quartet (until the unwise attempt at revamping the series in 1980 with WILDCATS) and, to my mind, the most entertaining of the bunch. Whereas the earlier instalments of the 1950s were in black and white, quite slow moving and dated in their humour - nope, I don't find the sight of Alistair Sim in drag particularly funny - this is more like the British comedy films of the '60s and '70s that I know and love.Headlining the cast is Frankie Howerd - hooray! - as a criminal mastermind who's successfully carried out a train robbery with his crooked gang, including plenty of familiar faces (such as Reg Varney of ON THE BUSES fame). The only problem is that the loot is hidden in an old building now inhabited by the St. Trinian's gang, so retrieving it is going to be tricky.What follows is a quirky escapade full of the usual hooliganism and outrageous shenanigans as a battle of wits ensues between schoolgirls, teachers and robbers. George Cole is back as Flash Harry, although as usual he has little to do, but Dora Bryan is great value as quirky headmistress Amber Spottiswood. Watch out too for Eric Barker, Michael Ripper and Terry Scott popping up in brief roles.Things really pick up for the extended climax set on the train tracks. Steam trains and carriages are flying back and forth to great effect and the film reaches farcical levels at this point, ending on a high.

terryhall2 I remember seeing this in the cinema when it first came out. It is a lame version of the St TRINIANS films as were released in the fifties, but it had Frankie Howerd and Dora Bryan, among my favourites. The sad thing is they just don't make these sort of films any more,. True, ribald,funny British films. Just like Will Hay, the Carry On Films and Maragret Rutherford films: no politically correct nonsense, no fears of misinterpretation of paedophilia, no forced representation of different cultural groups, just good old British fun like a good dollop of treacle pudding with custard. People just took more responsibility for stuff back then without complaining about every damn thing!. That's why I like this film - that and of an England we are sadly losing! The film itself does get very boring when they are racing up and down the tracks but it is well done and I can recognise some of the places.

doire This, a fourth film about the infamous St Trinians school just doestn´t work on a number of levels. Whilst George Cole has been consistently good throughout the series, this movie really needed an actor of Alastair Sim´s magnitutude to make an impression. The few laughs are laboured and it is certainly the weakest in the entire St Trinians canon. Helps pass a Sunday afternoon, I suppose, but offers little in terms of laughs or general entertainment.