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

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