The Trouble with Angels (1966)
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Director: Ida Lupino · Writer: Blanche Hanalis
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.
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Director
Ida Lupino
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 
Margalo Gillmore
Sister Barbara 
Portia Nelson
Sister Elizabeth 
Marjorie Eaton
Sister Ursula 
Barbara Bell Wright
Sister Margaret User Reviews (1)
_**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…
