The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery is a British film comedy set in the fictional St Trinian's School, released in 1966, three years after the Great Train Robbery had taken place. It also parodies the technocratic ideas of the Harold Wilson government and its support of the comprehensive school system. Directed by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat with a script by Sidney and Leslie Gilliat, it was the last in the original series of four films and the only one to be made in colour. It retained George Cole, Richard Wattis, Eric Barker, Michael
The Bold Bank Robbery back in 1901. "The Bold Bank Robbery" was inspired by and created after the success of the 1903 western film "The Great Train Robbery"; other inspirations included American and European crime films. Lubin Manufacturing Company had been known to produce films similar to other popular ones; film historian Kemp R. Niver observed that "if it seemed like a good idea, and other film producers were making money, 'Pop' Lubin simply appropriated the title and remade or duped the motion picture." Siegmund Lubin filed a copyright for the film on July 25, 1904. The finished product comprised 600 feet (182 m)