The St Trinians films were always broad comedy, and this movie is no exception. The story, cashing in on the recent Great Train Robbery, features Dora Bryan filling Alistair Sim's shoes as headteacher, and the biggest role goes to Frankie Howerd as leader of a gang of thieves trying to recover the proceeds of a robbery which were hidden in the premises now occupied by St Trinians.
Like all little boys, I loved - and love - railways. I can't explain why, it's just that there is something special about things travelling on rails. And the final section of this movie satisfies on that level, with a frenetic and funny sequence of five assorted rail vehicles chasing each other up and down a relatively short section of line.
It was never going to win an Oscar, but it entertains perfectly adequately.
Like all little boys, I loved - and love - railways. I can't explain why, it's just that there is something special about things travelling on rails. And the final section of this movie satisfies on that level, with a frenetic and funny sequence of five assorted rail vehicles chasing each other up and down a relatively short section of line.
It was never going to win an Oscar, but it entertains perfectly adequately.