Comedy Crime
Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the cupboard, is short of money, and is a service-trained expert in his field. The job is a bank robbery, and military discipline and planning are imposed by Hyde and second-in-command Race on the team, although civilian irritations do start getting in the way.
Directed by
Basil Dearden
Richard Attenborough
Lexy
Oliver Reed
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Jack Hawkins
Hyde
Robert Coote
Bunny Warren
Roger Hammond
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
David Lodge
C.S.M.
Norman Rossington
Staff Sergeant Hall (uncredited)
Terence Alexander
Rupert
Norman Bird
Weaver
Kieron Moore
Stevens
Nigel Green
Kissing Man in Truck (Uncredited)
Doris Hare
Molly Weaver
Nigel Patrick
Race
Brian Murray
Grogan
Nanette Newman
Elizabeth
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Police Superintendent (uncredited)
Dinsdale Landen
Young Man in Gym (uncredited)
Cyril Chamberlain
AA Patrolman (uncredited)
John Richardson
Elizabeth's Lover (uncredited)
Roger Livesey
Mycroft
Patrick Wymark
Wylie
Bruce Seton
Patrolman (uncredited)
Marie Burke
Mrs Boyle (uncredited)
Patrick Jordan
Sergeant (uncredited)
Melissa Stribling
Peggy
Tony Wager
Army Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
Gerald Harper
Captain Saunders
Claire Gordon
Porthill's Blonde (uncredited)
Susanne Gibbs
Small Girl (uncredited)
Lydia Sherwood
Hilda
Terence Edmond
Young PC (uncredited)
Terence Plummer
Soldier (uncredited)
Beverly Bennett
Young Girl (uncredited)
Ernest Fennemore
Soldier (uncredited)
Gerry Judge
Waiter (uncredited)
Tony Thawnton
Head Waiter (uncredited)
Ned Lynch
Bank Official (uncredited)
Fred Machon
Bank Official (uncredited)
Cecil Paul
Bank Official (uncredited)
Joe Wadham
Security Van Driver (uncredited)
Pat Ryan
Constable (uncredited)
Norman Morris
Cafe Royal Manager (uncredited)
Mike Conner
Policeman (uncredited)
Pearl Walters
Lady on Street (uncredited)

Your rating