The Pure Hell of St Trinian's school, and Kemp-Bird runs off, even as Gates is walking down the aisle. As the film ends, the staff at the Ministry and the officers at the East Arabian army camp are all doing a pastoral dance to calm themselves. "Variety" called it "well up to standard"; whereas "Time Out" regretted that "inspiration seems to have deserted the St Trinian's scriptwriters," but noted "Some bright moments." 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
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).