The St Trinians Collection (4 Disc Box Set) - DVD (Alastair Sim, George Cole, Lionel Jeffries, Terry Thomas, Joan Sims - Dir: )

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Customer Reviews of The St Trinians Collection (4 Disc Box Set)

KN
Lancs. UK
21st November 2008

Classic comedies worth every penny
This box-set is a must for fans of classic British comedies. It features the legendary Alastair Sim and that wheeler dealer George Cole, known to most for his Arthur Daley character in 'Minder'. I was not alive when these films were made and can't relate to much of 1950s-60s Britain but growing up in the 1980s I always looked forward to TV airings of the St. Trinians movies, and so I bought these to relive those moments. I was not disappointed.

There are 4 movies on offer; three 1950s films in black and white (The Belles of St. Trinians, The Pure of Hell of St. Trinians and Blue Murder at St Trinians) and one made in the 1960s ('The Great St. Trinians Train Robbery') in colour. The best one has to be 'The Pure of Hell of St Trinians' and the other two black and white ones are close behind. 'The Great Train Robbery' is the weakest but still a very enjoyable film.

There are no subtitles or extras but the picture quality is excellent, and at £13 it is an absolute bargain so I recommend it very highly.

Dave
Oxon UK
11th October 2008

great collection
A great collection of the old original St Trainian films. Perfect for those who want to make a trip down memory lane of some of the good films of yester year. The viewing quality is good and played well on a widescreen tv we found. One of our favs for sure this collection!

Mamma7
Uk
19th January 2008

Excellent
This was a great buy kept the kids quite for ages , and well worth the money excellent condition and super fast delivery..Thanks

S J Buck
Kent, UK
29th December 2007

Girls on top
These four films which date from the mid 1950's to the mid 1960's and are a great collection to own. Not only do they contain some great British charactor actors - Alistair Sim, Terry Thomas, George Cole et al but they also define an era when life was very different to today. The first film is undoubtably the best, although the 2nd pushes it fairly close. The fourth is clearly the weakest.

Special mention should go the music composed by Sir Malcolm Arnold which was a sort of comic suite. Particularly memorable was Flash Harry's (George Cole) theme, a funny little Piano piece that is first played when he appears from out of the bushes in the first film. In the first film 'Flash' always appeared from the bushes, which I always thought was quite surreal. Surely flash was an inspiration for Arthur in Minder many years later.

What you get then is inspired British lunacy, which at its best is very funny and even when its not funny the films are interesting to look as they show a caricature of Britain as it was forty to fifty years ago. There are two reasons the set doesn't get five stars. Firstly, and mainly, because the fourth film is a notch below the others and secondly there are no extras in this set which is a shame.

Dicka the Younger

29th October 2007

Classic St Trinians Movies
Brilliant fun and laughter in these 4 classic films, especially The Great Train Robbery movie.