The Belles of St. Trinian's
(1954)
The arrival of Sultan's daughter Princess Fatima at England's famous and prestigious 'School for Young Ladies' precipitates even more chaos than usual. Her father's horse Arab Boy is due to run at the nearby Gold Cup so Clarence Fitton, bookie brother of headmistress Millicent, ensures his own daughter is on hand to report progress. At the same time Barchester police have planted sergeant Ruby Gates as a teacher, and the Ministry of Education are sending a third inspector down after the previous two disappeared without trace. c8d Written by Jeremy Perkins Those wonderful hellcats created by Ronald Searle appear on film at last. The school is bankrupt (as usual) but an Arab sheik send his daughter there with 100 pounds pocket money. The same sheik has a racehorse at a local stables and soon everyone is trying to either back it, nobble it or rescue the poor horse. These famous schoolgirls battle against the Ministry of Education, their teachers, the local police force and each other. Written by Steve Crook