Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: 11/11/2003
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD
Run Time: 111 Minutes
Flags: Excellent For Children
Distributor/Studio: Columbia TriStar

The Trouble With Angels opens on the first day of school for a new batch of students at St. Francis Academy, run by a very strong-willed Mother Superior (Rosalind Russell). She is used to having things her way, but she may have met her match in the headstrong and independent Mary Clancy (Hayley Mills) and her newfound friend, Rachel Devery (June Harding). Mary, easily bored and ready to rebel at the drop of a hat, comes up with an endless series of "scathingly brilliant" schemes designed either to amuse her and Rachel, torture insufferable schoolmate Marvel-Ann, or in some way help them get ahead. Rachel, who would never come up with such ideas on her own, is delighted to go along with them. The duo starts right away by convincing several of the girls to join them in giving fake names to the sisters that register them. Future escapades include guided tours of the nuns' living quarters, illicit cigarette smoking that brings about the fire brigade, replacing sugar with soap bubbles, and many others. Several times the Mother Superior is on the brink of expelling the girls, but she relents, knowing something of their home lives and that they will benefit from the more nurturing environment of the school. By the end of the film, the girls have indeed grown, and Mary, in particular, has developed a special love for the Academy.

~ Craig Butler, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Rosalind Russell - Mother Superior
Hayley Mills - Mary Clancy
Binnie Barnes - Sister Celestine
Gypsy Rose Lee - Mrs. Phipps
Camilla Sparv - Sister Constance
June Harding - Rachel Devery
Mary Wickes - Sister Clarissa
Marge Redmond - Sister Liguori
Dolores Sutton - Sister Rose Marie
Margalo Gillmore - Sister Barbara
Marjorie Eaton - Sister Ursula
Barbara Bell Wright - Sister Margaret
Judith Lowry - Sister Prudence
Barbara Hunter - Marvel-Ann
Patty Ann Gerrity - Sheila
Ronne Troup - Helen
Jim Boles - Mr. Gottschalk
Kent Smith - Uncle George
Pat McCaffrie - Mr. Devery
Mary Young - Mrs. Eldridge

Production:
Ida Lupino - Director
William Frye - Producer
Jerry Goldsmith - Composer
Robert Jones - Editor
Blanche Hanalis - Screen Writer
Victor A. Gangelin - Set Designer
John Beckman - Art Director
Lionel Lindon - Cinematographer
Helen Colvig - Costume Designer
Ben Lane - Makeup
Jane Trahey - Book Author

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