departure for Mills, who was attempting to emerge from her juvenile leads in Walt Disney-produced teen comedies as a comedic actress. Critical The Trouble with Angels enjoyed good reviews, although Variety was critical: "An appealing story idea—hip Mother Superior nun who outfoxes and matures two rebellious students in a Catholic girls' school—has lost impact via repetitious plotting and pacing, plus routine direction....Graduation finds Mills in character switcheroo to which Catholic audiences will long since be alerted". Box office The film earned enough box-office success to warrant a sequel (Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows). Russell said: "I think it proves there's a place for the family picture, the sort of picture you can take the kiddies to and which isn't pure corn". Filmink pointed out it proved "once again that Hayley Mills was box-office outside Disney." However she opted not to reprise her role as the progressive protagonist in the sequel and was replaced by Stella Stevens, who played Sister George, a new foil to Rosalind Russell's Mother Superior. See also List of American films of 1966 References External links 1966 films 1966 comedy films American coming-of-age comedy films Films set in boarding schools Columbia Pictures films Films scored by Jerry Goldsmith Films about Catholic nuns Films about educators Films about religion Films about Catholicism Films about Christianity Films directed by Ida Lupino Nuns in fiction 1960s female buddy films 1960s English-language films 1960s American films 1960s coming-of-age comedy films