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