The Trouble with Angels

"It's heaven in Earthly entertainment!"

1966 1h 52m EN

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6.7

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★6.7TMDB · 77

Comedy

Synopsis

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Mary and her friend, Rachel, are new students at St. Francis Academy, a boarding school run by the iron fist of Mother Superior. The immature teens grow bored and begin playing pranks on both the unsuspecting nuns and their unpleasant classmates, becoming a constant thorn in Mother Superior's side. However, as the years pass, Mary and Rachel slowly mature and begin to see the nuns in a different light.

“It's heaven in Earthly entertainment!”

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Cast

Hayley Mills
Mary Clancy
June Harding
Rachel Devery
Rosalind Russell
Mother Superior
Binnie Barnes
Sister Celestine
Camilla Sparv
Sister Constance
Mary Wickes
Sister Clarissa
Marge Redmond
Sister Liguori
Dolores Sutton
Sister Rose Marie

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ida Lupino
Writers: Blanche Hanalis
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

ERA

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60 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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2 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Mother Superior Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Ida Lupino, shot by Lionel Lindon. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Original score by Jerry Goldsmith. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Robert C. Jones shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Hayley Mills and June Harding and Rosalind Russell carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "It's heaven in Earthly entertainment!".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0061122 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Ida Lupino directs. Lionel Lindon behind the camera. Jerry Goldsmith scores. Robert C. Jones cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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160 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Part of the "Mother Superior Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Ida Lupino, shot by Lionel Lindon. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Jerry Goldsmith. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Robert C. Jones shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Hayley Mills and June Harding and Rosalind Russell carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "It's heaven in Earthly entertainment!".
8IMDB entry: tt0061122 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 77 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Lionel Lindon
Original score: Jerry Goldsmith
Editing: Robert C. Jones
Costume design: Sybil Connolly
Makeup / hair: Robert J. Schiffer
Sound: J.S. Westmoreland
Runtime: 112 min · 1h 52m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: The Trouble with Angels (1966)

Part of

Mother Superior Collection

Based on the novel Life with Mother Superior.

Also by

Ida Lupino

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Wuchak2020-12-13
★ 6/10
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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