The Pure Hell of St Trinian's The Pure Hell of St Trinian's The Pure Hell of St Trinian's is a 1960 British comedy film set in the fictional St Trinian's School. Directed by Frank Launder and written by him and Sidney Gilliat, it was the third in a series of four films. The St. Trinian's Girls burn down the school building and are, subsequently, put on trial at the Old Bailey in London, found guilty, and await sentencing the next day by Judge Slender (Raymond Huntley). This leads to rejoicing at the Ministry of Education, and in Barset, the school's village home, where Sergeant Ruby Gates
Themes and plot devices in Hitchcock films follows "Madeleine," or the Albert Hall sequence in the 1956 version of "The Man Who Knew Too Much". Some Hitchcock films include use of the number 13, popularly an "unlucky number." "Number 13" is also the title of an unfinished Hitchcock film which would have been his directorial debut. Tennis is often mentioned in Hitchcock films. In "Strangers on a Train", the main character is a tennis player. In "Dial M for Murder", Tony Wendice (Ray Milland) is an ex-tennis player. In "Rebecca", the second Mrs. DeWinter (Joan Fontaine) claims to be taking tennis lessons from Max DeWinter (Laurence Olivier).