The Wildcats of St Trinian's

The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
DVD cover
Directed by	Frank Launder
Written by	Frank Launder Ronald Searle
Produced by	E.M. Smedley-Aston
Starring	Sheila Hancock Michael Hordern Joe Melia Thorley Walters Rodney Bewes Maureen Lipman Julia McKenzie Rosalind Knight Ambrosine Phillpotts Rose Hill Deborah Norton
Cinematography	Ernest Steward
Edited by	Antony Gibbs
Music by	James Kenelm Clarke
Production company	Wildcat Film Productions
Distributed by	Enterprise
Release date	1980 (1980)
Running time	91 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Wildcats of St Trinian's is the fifth British comedy film set in the fictional St Trinian's School. Directed by Frank Launder, it was released in 1980.^[1][2]

The film pokes fun at the British trade union movement which had been responsible for the recent wave of strikes that culminated in the Winter of Discontent.

The film was not a critical or commercial success.^[3] It has yet to be released on DVD except in the US.^{[citation needed]}