Trouble with Angels (1966)
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81% of users liked it
(6,034 ratings)
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… More 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, Rovi
- Directed By
- Ida Lupino
- Written By
- Blanche Russell, Jane Trahey, Blanche Hanalis
- Genres
- Kids & Family, Classics, Comedy
PG,
- In Theaters
- Mar 30, 1966 Wide
- Studio
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com
Nun comedy fluff Roz Russell and Hayley Mills fills family bill.
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Nell Minow, Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Silly fluff with top-notch performers. No one else could say "scathingly brilliant" with as much scathing brilliance as Hayley Mills, and Russell is magnificently wry as Mother Superior.
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Cast
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Rosalind Russell
as Mother Superior
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Hayley Mills
as Mary Clancy
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Binnie Barnes
as Sister Celestine
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Gypsy Rose Lee
as Mrs. Phipps
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Camilla Sparv
as Sister Constance
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June Harding
as Rachel Devery
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Mary Wickes
as Sister Clarissa
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Marge Redmond
as Sister Liguori
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Dolores Sutton
as Sister Rose Marie
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Margalo Gillmore
as Sister Barbara
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Marjorie Eaton
as Sister Ursula
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Barbara Bell Wright
as Sister Margaret
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Judith Lowry
as Sister Prudence
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Barbara Hunter
as Marvel-Ann
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Patty Ann Gerrity
as Sheila
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Ronne Troup
as Helen
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Jim Boles
as Mr. Gottschalk
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Kent Smith
as Uncle George
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Pat McCaffrie
as Mr. Devery
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Mary Young
as Mrs. Eldridge
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Harry Harvey
as Mr. Grissom
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Jim Hutton
as Mr. Petrie
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Portia Nelson
as Sister Elizabeth
