"Me conspicuous? Lady, I'm the invisible man."
We are introduced to the most unruly girls school in Britain, as the fourth-formers, aided by Flash Harry (George Cole), try to use some inside information to bet on a horse. Once word gets round everyone wants in on the sure thing. But Clarence Fitton (Alastair Sim), bookie brother of the headmistress Millicent (also Sim), doesn't like the heavy betting and tries to fix things to his advantage, with the aid of the sixth-formers. Meanwhile the local police plant police woman Ruby Gates (Joyce Grenfell) in the school as a teacher...
The first of four great comedies, chock full of wonderfully created characters. I'm disregarding the recent films as not worthy to be counted!
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