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The Thieving Headmistress

The Thieving Headmistress (2006)

7 | 06 Jun 2006 | Drama

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

Norman Hull Writer
Lucy Bowden Writer
Norman Hull Director
Naomi Moore Art Department Assistant

The Thieving Headmistress (2006) Cast & Crew

Pauline Quirke
Pauline Quirke
Colleen McCabe
Denis Lawson
Denis Lawson
Father Plunkett
Peter Cellier
Peter Cellier
Father O'Malley
Mary Roscoe
Mary Roscoe
Maureen Stapley
Richard Hope
Richard Hope
Auditor Andy Pert
David Holt
David Holt
Mr. Huckerby
Hannah Walters
Hannah Walters
Ms. Wallis

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