In the surprising world of Jean Brodie, there were two men and four girls.
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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Prestige, classical in form, intimate and character-led.
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
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Cast
- Maggie SmithJean Brodie
- Robert StephensTeddy Lloyd
- Pamela FranklinSandy
- Celia JohnsonMiss Mackay
- Gordon JacksonGordon Lowther
- Diane GraysonJenny
- Jane CarrMary McGregor
- Shirley SteedmanMonica
- Ann WayMiss Gaunt
- Heather SeymourClara
Crew
- Ronald NeameDirector
- Jay Presson AllenScreenplay
- Muriel SparkNovel
- Ted MooreDirector of Photography
- Rod McKuenOriginal Music Composer
- Norman SavageEditor
- Robert FryerProducer
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