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

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