Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
St. Trinian's contrives to win a competition which has a European trip as the prize, in order for the Girls of the Flash Harry St Trinian's Marriage Bureau to meet a rich Roman royal.
Casts & Crew
Terry-Thomas
George Cole
Joyce Grenfell
Alastair Sim
Sabrina
Lionel Jeffries
Ferdy Mayne
Thorley Walters
Michael Ripper
Lesley Scoble
Terry Scott
Lloyd Lamble
Raymond Rollett
Cyril Chamberlain
Ronald Ibbs
Judith Furse
Kenneth Griffith
Richard Wattis
Peter Jones
Lisa Lee
Guido Lorraine
Alma Taylor
Peter Elliott
Charles Lloyd Pack
Lisa Gastoni
Dilys Laye
Rosalind Knight
Marigold Russell
Nicola Braithwaite
Mandy Harper
Eric Barker
Also Directed by Frank Launder
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