Belles of St Trinians

BELLES of ST TRINIANS. British 1954 London Films comedy set at St. Trinian's School for Young Girls (created by Ronald Searle) and possibly the most infamous school in the world. The girls are involved in seemingly every criminal activity from arson to making illicit gin. It was filmed at Shepperton Studios and Oakley Court Windsor. The plot surrounds the start of a new term ; an Arabian sultan has sent his daughter Fatima to the school, pleased that it is in the same county as where his horses are stabled. The head-mistress of the school (Millicent Fritton Alistair Sim) is in a lot of trouble as the school is heavily in debt. She has had to accept back her expelled niece (Arabella) in order to get some of her bookmaker brother Clarence's money. After discovering how good the sultan's new horse (Arab Boy) is, Clarence organises for it to be kidnapped by his daughter's gang so that he does not lose too much in the Gold Cup. However, with Princess Fatima's £100 placed on the horse to win (in order to clear the school's debts) and a number of girls having made bets of their own, it's the staff and 4th form vs the 6th form to keep - or return - Arab Boy in time for the race.