Michael Kelly

A St. Trinian, un pensionnat de jeunes filles britannique où les jeunes élèves sont plus intéressées par les courses que par les livres, en même temps qu'elles essayent de trouver le meilleur moyen pour devenir riches rapidement. Elles sont encouragées par le frère de la directrice, joué par Alastair Sim, lequel incarne également ladite directrice.

Mandy, sourde à sa naissance, est tiraillée entre ses parents qui ne sont pas d’accord sur l’éducation à lui donner. Sa mère l’inscrit dans une institution spécialisée où un professeur la convainc que, grâce à ses méthodes, Mandy pourra peu à peu apprendre à parler. Jaloux du professeur, le père retire l’enfant de l’institution…

A jeweller is killed in a gang robbery leaving the daughter as the only witness. When the police can't build a case against him she decides to go undercover to infiltrate the home of the killer's brother. Slowly she is drawn into the world of the rival gangs.

A newly-arrived army chaplain is put in charge of camp entertainment and has the idea of putting on a Brains Trust with local notables. Unfortunately for him, it emerges from a question on the rights and wrongs of marriage that there is more going on between three of the panelists than he wants to know about - though the audience obviously thinks differently.

Storyline Roger Henderson, the young son of a wealthy British gentleman, lives in one of those grand British country estates surrounded by huge gardens. When a Rembrandt painting is stolen from the vault in the basement of the mansion, Roger and John Wilson (young son of the butler) discover a secret tunnel leading from the vault to another building on the estate. They then set out on a dangerous mission to bring the smugglers to justice.

Robert Ayres plays a moody author with a suicide complex. Ayres' melancholia plays right into the hands of a gang of thieves. For a lofty fee, they convince the author to confess to their crimes and then kill himself. Yes, you're way ahead of us: Ayres has a change of heart and decides that he loves life. Delayed Action was produced by Robert Baker and Monty Berman, the men behind the popular 1960s TV adventure series The Saint.

The second collection of short stories written by Baroness Orczy about the gallant English hero, the Scarlet Pimpernel and his League.