Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

In other words,this film is a surreal ride.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

One of the teachers at Miss Halstead's boarding school is found murdered and Detective Inspector Campbell and Sergeant Harvey from Scotland Yard lead the investigation, Is the killer one of the teachers? Is it one of the pupils? Is it someone from outside the school? It's a fair mystery story that moves along steadily until the poignant ending. It portrays well the pettiness and pressure of a closed human environment.We get to know the teachers, particularly Miss Shepherd who helps a lot with the investigation. Not a fast moving film but a nice study of a certain place and time. It's well directed on a low budget. The scene of the finding of the body is very well handled.Gordon Jackson is solid as D.I Campbell and even better is the beauteous Barbara Murray as Miss Shepherd. There are sparks between those two characters that are entertaining. The rest of the cast are suitable for their roles. The motive for the murder is not a usual one which makes it more interesting. Strangely the ubiquitous Sam Kydd as Sergeant Harvey is uncredited by the film even though he has a large role.Stephen Clarkson only directed a few films which is a shame as he did a good job with this one.

Death Goes to School is a low budget B film but with several familiar faces that would become well known later on television dramas.The body of Miss Cooper is found behind the school playing fields. The police reckon everybody is a suspect as everyone disliked her, one teacher stated that she was no good to the children.It is one of the teachers, Miss Shepherd (Barbara Murray) who does the proper detective work and figures out who the killer might be before Detective Inspector Campbell (Gordon Jackson.) Character actor Sam Kydd provides solid support to Jackson.There is a bit of humour, plenty of chauvinistic attitudes and the whole thing is a little flat.

The Police are called to an all Girl's school, when a teacher is found dead, said teacher is a deplorable individual, upsetting each and every one of her colleagues, and also guilty of being heavy handed with her pupils. Suspicion is cast on her colleagues, the staff room is a place full of suspects, the police suspect music teacher Miss Shepherd, who takes it upon herself to find the miscreant,I'm very much a fan of 50's British B movies, and an even bigger fan of whodunits, this goes some way towards satisfying the demands. I thought the film began in very good fashion, the premise was interesting, and Miss Shepherd made an interesting amateur sleuth, the film looks nice, it's well filmed, if a little clunky. Some of the dialogue is a little flat, and the attitudes towards women seem more like 600 years old then 60, but the film's main stumbling block is the ending, it felt like suspense built for 57 minutes, they ran out of time and had to come up with an ending quickly, it was a shame, as the first three quarters of the film I really enjoyed.Solid performances all round, I don't think you'd say anyone dazzles, Gordon Jackson's Inspector Campbell is probably the most well rounded character. Enjoyable enough, 6/10

....so says the poster - in other words, a murder is committed in an all girls school. With a title like "Death Goes to School" full marks to theatre owners, trying to get patrons into the cinemas. Before he was Hudson, the very devoted butler who "knew his place" in the TV series "Upstairs, Downstairs" Gordon Jackson was a familiar face in a score of British films. This movie gave him a rare lead and it is easy to see why (it was a rare lead). Well, he wasn't exactly "Mr. Personality" - he had no quirkiness of character that would make his Inspector Campbell memorable.A body is discovered behind the school playing fields - it is Miss Cooper, a teacher who has no friends at the school, in other words, everyone's a suspect!!! The only clue is a footprint of a size 5 shoe!! Dour Inspector Campbell from Scotland Yard is onto the case right away - and the teachers are onto him too - "he's so big and strong, so masterful" etc and they try to make an impression. As each Mistress is interviewed a picture is drawn of Miss Cooper and it is not pretty - she is hard to get along with, is forever picking fights with the other staff members and seems to have a dislike of children!!!One of the mistresses, Miss Shephard, seems to be the real detective of the movie and armed with inside knowledge from staff and students, has her own ideas about who is the murderer. Her investigations take her out of the school, away from the teachers and into the homes of the parents. Gordon Jackson gives his usual solid, "no frills" performance. Barbara Murray (Miss Shepherd) was a newcomer who went on to have a more productive career in television with shows such as "The Power Game" and "The Plane Makers".