The Thieving Headmistress (2006)
• June 6th, 2006 • 1h 0min
Drama
Overview
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.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Bridge to Terabithia
Released on: 2007-02-15
Adventure, Drama, Family
Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school. So he's very upset when newc...
American History X
Released on: 1998-07-01
Drama
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Thro...
Donnie Darko
Released on: 2001-01-19
Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bun...
Intimate Strangers
Released on: 1977-11-11
Drama, TV Movie
The pressures of problems at home and at work are taking a tremendous toll on a middle-aged husband,...
Stip & Pensil
Released on: 2017-04-19
Comedy, Drama, Family
Toni, Aghi, Bubu, and Saras get the task of making essays. They create a free school for street chil...
The Girls with the Red Ribbons
Released on: 1978-03-05
War, Drama
Jeta is a student who is a member of the illegals and tries to create a group of antifascist girls i...
The Class
Released on: 2008-09-24
Drama
Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his ...
The Veteran
Released on: 2006-01-01
TV Movie, Drama, War
Thirty years on from Vietnam, a government official is trying to track down soldiers who went missin...
Just Don't Think I'll Cry
Released on: 1965-10-25
Drama
High-school senior Peter considers the adults around him to be hypocritical, self-congratulatory, an...
One for All
Released on: 2020-09-18
Drama
A substitute teacher takes on a job as a year 6 class teacher in a village he does not know. He has ...
Achaneyanenikkishtam
Released on: 2001-10-31
Drama
The story is about a poor lorry driver named Bhaskaran (Kalabhavani Mani), who tries to give his son...
It Was Dark
Released on: 2015-11-15
Drama
Nicolas and Victor are 12-year-old twins who, despite their different characters, have a unique conn...
Small Change
Released on: 1976-03-17
Comedy, Drama
The lives of a motherless young man, who's just starting to find interest in women, and his physical...
2:37
Released on: 2006-05-26
Drama
A contemporary, ensemble drama that tells the complex tale of six high school students whose lives a...
The Circle
Released on: 2015-02-18
Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller, Horror
An otherworldly evil is slipping into a small town in Sweden. Six unrelated girls have been chosen t...
Gemini
Released on: 2017-04-21
Drama, Family
Gemini is a special child with some behavioral disorders. She is an adopted child and to make things...
Elephant
Released on: 2003-09-20
Crime, Drama
Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for somet...
Les Misérables
Released on: 1978-12-27
Drama, History, Romance, TV Movie
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless po...
Examination
Released on: 2016-12-30
Drama
A school physician whose son is being bullied at school finds that he must conduct a routine medical...