Pure Hell of St Trinian’s, The

Synopsis
Feature film comedy about an undisciplined girl’s school. Includes a short sequence during ‘a culture festival’ in which a pupil performs a striptease while reciting the ‘to be or not to be’ soliloquy (III i).
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Film
Technical information
Black-and-white / Sound
Year of release
1960
Duration
94 mins; 8,460 feet

Credits

Director
Frank Launder
Producer
Frank Launder; Sidney Gilliat
Cinematographer
Gerald Gibbs
Screenplay
Frank Launder; Sidney Gilliat
Music
Malcolm Arnold
Cast
Cecil ParkerProfessor Canford
George ColeFlash Harry
Joyce GrenfellSgt Ruby Gates

Additional Details

Production type
Fiction Films
Plays
Hamlet
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Striptease

Production Company

Name

Vale Film Productions

Archive

Name

BFI National Archive

Web
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Phone
020 7255 1444
Fax
020 7436 0165
Address
21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN

Distributor (Sale)

Name

Retail outlets

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Pure Hell of St Trinian’s, The". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av67719 (Accessed 10 Nov 2024)