The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Jean Brodie

Teddy Lloyd

Sandy

Gordon Lowther

Miss Mackay

Mary McGregor

Monica

Emily Carstairs

Helen McPhee

Miss Campbell

Miss McKenzie

Miss Lockhart

Miss Gaunt

Miss Allison Kerr

Miss Kerr (as Helena Cloag)

Mr Burrage

Clara

Prefect (as Leslie Patterson)

Child (uncredited)

Schoolgirl (uncredited)

Rather like Hogwarts, another school created by an Edinburgh based writer, there has been some debate which school Marcia Blane's is based on. Mary Erskine's is commonly cited, but Muriel Spark herself went to James Gillespies, and it is generally accepted that Jean Brodie is partially based on Christina Kay who taught there. People who knew Miss Kay say she was quite different to the character though.

Originally released March 1969 in the US, it was re-released after Maggie Smith won the Academy Award for Best Actress in April 1970 and brought the studio an additional $1.9 million.

Wendy Padbury was asked to play a key role but passed to do Doctor Who (1963) instead.

When Mr. Lloyd spies Ms. Brodie and the girls from his studio window he is seen wearing dark brown pants. He rushes from the room. When he emerges on the street he is wearing light colored pants.

The very first shot of the film shows the Edinburgh skyline, with a caption stating that it's 1932. But clearly visible in the centre of frame is the white cube of the (now demolished) Goldberg's department store, which was built in the early 1960s.

When Jenny and Sandy are toasting bread in the fireplace, they grab the ends of the forks that were in the flames. Of course, these would be too hot to touch.

Jean Brodie: Now Jenny, do us a cartwheel for comic relief.

Jean Brodie: I am truly in my prime.

Teddy Lloyd: [to Sandy] You're a clever little cat, aren't you?