Movie Description
The Thieving Headmistress
(2006)Overview
A Headmistress steals from her own school. As a young girl Colleen McCabe asks a priest in confessional "What is sin?" Thirty years later she is found out for practising it. An ex-nun,she leaves the convent because she becomes disillusioned with spiritual matters and goes into teaching, being appointed headmistress of the John Rigby School in London. Along with a small coterie of chosen staff members to act as her spies,she misappropriates half a million pounds from school funds which she spends on luxury goods and a trip on the Orient Express. Meanwhile the school suffers,having to use ancient text books and pupils as cleaners. She is tried,although admitted to hospital for depression on the trial day, and sentenced to five years in jail, later reduced to four. The film alternates dramatized scenes of Colleen's misbehaviour with interviews with those who knew her.
Featured Crew
- Director : Norman Hull
- Writer : Norman Hull,Lucy Bowden
- Cast : Pauline Quirke,Denis Lawson,Peter Cellier,Mary Roscoe,Richard Hope,David Holt,Hannah Walters
Cast
Colleen McCabe
Father Plunkett
Father O'Malley
Maureen Stapley
Auditor Andy Pert
Mr. Huckerby
Ms. Wallis
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Facts
Original TitleThe Thieving Headmistress
Status Released
Release Information
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2006-06-06
Original Language
Runtime 01h 00m
Production CompaniesBBC,Firefly Film and Television Productions
Genres
- Drama




























