“It's heaven in Earthly entertainment!”
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.
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
The Trouble with Angels is a comedy film released in 1966 exploring themes of woman director. Directed by Ida Lupino, it stars Hayley Mills, June Harding, Rosalind Russell. 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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