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
Oliver Reed
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Patrick Wymark
Wylie
Richard Attenborough
Lexy
Jack Hawkins
Hyde
Dinsdale Landen
Young Man in Gym (uncredited)
Roger Hammond
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Nigel Green
Kissing Man in Truck (Uncredited)
Patrick Jordan
Sergeant (uncredited)
Doris Hare
Molly Weaver
Brian Murray
Grogan
Robert Coote
Bunny Warren
Bruce Seton
Patrolman (uncredited)
Norman Rossington
Staff Sergeant Hall (uncredited)
John Richardson
Elizabeth's Lover (uncredited)
Gerald Harper
Captain Saunders
Melissa Stribling
Peggy
Nigel Patrick
Race
Kieron Moore
Stevens
Roger Livesey
Mycroft
Terence Alexander
Rupert
Norman Bird
Weaver
Nanette Newman
Elizabeth
Claire Gordon
Porthill's Blonde (uncredited)
Tony Wager
Army Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
David Lodge
C.S.M.
Lydia Sherwood
Hilda
Cyril Chamberlain
AA Patrolman (uncredited)
Marie Burke
Mrs Boyle (uncredited)
Susanne Gibbs
Small Girl (uncredited)
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Police Superintendent (uncredited)
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)

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