The Trouble with Angels
Mary and her friend Rachel arrive as new students at St. Francis Academy, a boarding school under the stern hand of Mother Superior. Restless and bored, the duo begins pulling pranks on both the unsuspecting nuns and their disagreeable classmates, quickly becoming a persistent nuisance to Mother Superior. Yet as the years unfold, Mary and Rachel mature and come to view the nuns in a new, more nuanced light.
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Ida Lupino
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_**A couple of troublemaking girls at a Catholic school/nunnery**_ Mary (Hayley Mills) is sent to a Catholic school in Pennsylvania where she constantly causes problems along with her “follower” Rachel (June Harding). Can Mother Superior (Rosalind Russell) & the other nuns tame these troublemakers before they enter society as adults? "The Trouble with Angels" (1966) was based on the 1962 biography “Life with Mother Superior” by Jane Trahey, which chronicled her years at an all-girls Catholic high school near Chicago. This explains the low-key approach to the episodic material. In other words, this is a generally realistic drama with several fun moments, but not a zany comedy. While not in the same league as “The Parent Trap” (1961) and “Pollyanna” (1960), this is still a worthwhile Hayley Mills drama with a few amusing bits. Hayley was 19 during shooting and it’s interesting seeing her in the role of a rebel teen in contrast to her bubbly preadolescence of those other flicks. There’s still some bubbliness, but she’s more cynical here with a wicked sense of humor. Stunning Camilla Sparv appears as one of the nuns while former burlesque entertainer Gypsy Rose Lee shows up as a dance instructor. The film runs 1 hour, 51 minutes, and was shot in Ambler and Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, just north of Philadelphia, with establishing shots of Merion Train Station. Other sequences were done in Southern Cal as follows: Los Angeles (school pool), Beverly Hills (courtyard and other outdoor scenes) and Monrovia (train station scenes). GRADE: B-/C+
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Ida Lupino is the director of The Trouble with Angels.
The cast of The Trouble with Angels includes Jesslyn Fax as Retirement Home Resident, Hayley Mills as Mary Clancy, Mews Small as Nun (uncredited), Camilla Sparv as Sister Constance, Mary Young as Mrs. Eldridge, Pat McCaffrie as Mr. Devery, Harry Harvey as Mr. Grisson, Judith Lowry as Sister Prudence, Mary Wickes as Sister Clarissa, Kent Smith as Uncle George Clancy, Marjorie Eaton as Sister Ursula, Dee Carroll as Saleslady (uncredited), and more.
The duration of The Trouble with Angels is 1h 52 mins.
Yes. You can watch the The Trouble with Angels trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
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The Trouble with Angels was released on 29 Mar 1966.
The Trouble with Angels is listed under Comedy on Fanbiz.
The Trouble with Angels has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 6.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "_**A couple of troublemaking girls at a Catholic school/nunnery**_ Mary (Hayley Mills) is sent to a Catholic school in Pennsylvania where she constantly causes problems along..."
