Behind Closed Doors – Molly Malone’s Cries of Pain
Unearned Punishment
In this school caning film things are looking bleak for Alexander. A careless mistake leads to the hapless schoolboy bending over in grey school shorts to receive a punishment caning from the headmaster.School caning stories don’t come much more unjust than this. Dressed in school uniform including grey school shorts, Alexander Knight waits in line outside the headmaster’s office to deliver a note from his teacher. He and Pandora Blake listen to the whoosh and crack of the cane as Molly Malone is punished behind the closed door. They wince in sympathy at her cries pain, and Alexander is relieved that he isn’t down to be caned this week. Unfortunately, the headmaster is in no mood to listen. Keen to get the weekly punishments over and done with, he doesn’t hear Alexander’s explanation, but just orders him to bend over and touch his toes. He administers a swift six of the best before Alexander can protest, leaving him with stinging stripes from a punishment caning he did absolutely nothing to earn.
