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24/02/1969 Drama 1h 56m
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In the surprising world of Jean Brodie, there were two men and four girls.

Overview

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.

  1. Ronald Neame

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Maggie Smith

    Jean Brodie

  2. Robert Stephens

    Teddy Lloyd

  3. Pamela Franklin

    Sandy

  4. Celia Johnson

    Miss Mackay

  5. Gordon Jackson

    Gordon Lowther

  6. Diane Grayson

    Jenny

  7. Jane Carr

    Mary McGregor

  8. Shirley Steedman

    Monica

  9. Ann Way

    Miss Gaunt

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-03-02
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 Edinburgh lady, then she might have got farther (or is that further?). Anyway, an outwardly rather puritanical woman, Muriel Spark’s “Miss Brodie” (Maggie Smith) conforms to the conservative...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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