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