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The Trouble with Angels

Comedy

The Trouble with Angels

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6.7(76) 3/29/1966 1h 52m
Comedy

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.

Part of the Mother Superior Collection
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Top Cast

Hayley Mills

Hayley Mills

Mary Clancy

June Harding

June Harding

Rachel Devery

Rosalind Russell

Rosalind Russell

Mother Superior

Binnie Barnes

Binnie Barnes

Sister Celestine

Camilla Sparv

Camilla Sparv

Sister Constance

Mary Wickes

Mary Wickes

Sister Clarissa

Marge Redmond

Marge Redmond

Sister Liguori

Dolores Sutton

Dolores Sutton

Sister Rose Marie

Directed by

Ida Lupino

Production

Reviews

Wuchak

6/10

12/13/2020

_**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 worthwh

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