Pure Hell of St. Trinian’s, The

Date: 1960
Director: Frank Launder
Production Company: British Lion Film Corporation, Tudor, Hallmark

Stars: George Cole, Cecil Parker, Joyce Grenfell, Eric Barker, Irene Handl, Dennis Price, Sid James, Raymond Huntley, John Le Mesurier
Location(s): Berkshire, Surrey

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Storyline:

An Arabian Sheik wants to recruit nubile maidens for his harem and unwittingly recruits St Trinian’s girls, with disastrous results.

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Screen captures uploaded by Phil Wilkinson from source material provided by John Tunstill.

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After the St Trinians Academy for Young Ladies is burnt down, the whole school appears at the Old Bailey. London EC4. The dome and other parts of the building appear in many productions including ‘The Paradine Case’, 'Pressure', 'Game for Three Losers', 'The Blue Lamp', 'The Jokers', 'Ring of Spies', 'Three Sundays to Live', 'Hostile Witness', 'Dr. Crippen', 'Seven Days to Noon', 'Pressure', 'The Spaniard's Curse', ‘Flat Two’, ‘The Long Dark Hall’, 'The Great Defender', ‘The Naked Edge’ and ‘The Pot Carriers’.

Peter recreates the stock shot with this picture.

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Sergeant Ruby Gates (Joyce Grenfell) rushes towards the fictional Barchester police station. Also appearing in 'Blue Murder at St, Trinian's' and 'Make Mine a Million', Nick Boorman identifies the location as the Police Station on Waverley Road in Weybridge, Surrey. (RL)

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Madam Myrtle's shop, where Ruby Gates is having a wedding dress fitting. Unidentified location.

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Superintendent Samuel Kemp-Bird (Lloyd Lamble) goes to find Ruby after St Trinian's are freed by the court. Unknown location.

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Samuel enters Madam Myrtle's premises. Unidentified location.

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Hannington Manor, the new home of St Trinian's. In reality this is Littleton House, Shepperton in Surrey, formerly Middlesex. The location was seen in 'Allez France' and 'Left, Right and Centre'.

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Professor Canford (Cecil Parker) leaves the school. Littleton House, Shepperton.

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Professor Canford's car is driven through the school gates. Littleton House, Shepperton.

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Guests for the Festival of Culture pass through the school gates. Littleton House, Shepperton

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The sixth form is kidnapped and taken to Arabia. Studio set included for sake of completeness.

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Laundry arrives at the Emir's residence. Studio set included for sake of completeness.

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Police Constable Susan Partridge (Liz Frazer) enters Barchester police station. The Police Station on Waverley Road in Weybridge.

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The day of Sergeant Gates and Superintendent Kemp-Bird's wedding.

Found and image taken by Alan Field - St Lawrence Church, Chobham, Surrey.

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The Superintendent rushes from the church after hearing that St Trinian's is, once again, on fire.

St Lawrence Church, Chobham, Surrey identified by Alan Field.

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The wedding car is used to take the Superintendent and his men to the school.

Alan Field says 'Outside St Mary Magdalene Church, Squires Bridge Road, Littleton, Surrey. The road has been realigned since 1960 and the gap in the church wall has been filled in. Only the earth bank of the Queen Mary reservoir is unchanged'.