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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

1969 116 min ★ 6.9 Drama

A headstrong young teacher in a private school in 1930s Edinburgh ignores the curriculum and influences her impressionable 12-year-old charges with her over-romanticized worldview.

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Cast

Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith

Jean Brodie

Robert Stephens

Robert Stephens

Teddy Lloyd

Pamela Franklin

Pamela Franklin

Sandy

Celia Johnson

Celia Johnson

Miss Mackay

Gordon Jackson

Gordon Jackson

Gordon Lowther

Diane Grayson

Jenny

Jane Carr

Jane Carr

Mary McGregor

Shirley Steedman

Monica

Ann Way

Miss Gaunt

Heather Seymour

Clara

Details

Director

Ronald Neame

Screenplay

Jay Presson Allen

Tagline

"In the surprising world of Jean Brodie, there were two men and four girls."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Twentieth Century Productions

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

March 2, 2025

★ 7/10

This film always reminds me of a teacher we had at primary school who thought the best way of obtaining discipline from us unruly eight year olds was to stamp her foot and look at her watch. All that actually achieved was for us to make more paper aeroplanes from the torn pages of our “Modern Comprehensive Artithmetic”. Had she adopted the more engaging and thought-provoking style of this titular ...

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