
In a mansion block in Knightsbridge, a gang of middle-aged biddies decide to brighten up "the dullness of the tea time of life" by staging a series of robberies on furriers, then donating the proceeds to charitable concerns. Terry Thomas as a retired army officer leads the gang, which includes Athene Seyler and Hattie Jacques, on a series of capers that nearly go awry when their maid, Billie Whitelaw, an ex-con and also a resident of the block, falls for a police officer.
Cast

Terry-Thomas
Major Albert Rayne

Athene Seyler
Dame Beatrice Appleby

Hattie Jacques
Nanette Parry

Billie Whitelaw
Lily

Elspeth Duxbury
Elizabeth "Pinkie" Pinkerton

Jack Hedley
Jim Benham

Raymond Huntley
Inspector Pape

Freddie Frinton
Drunk

Kenneth Williams
Hon. Freddie Warrington

Irene Handl
Madame Spolinski

Penny Morrell
Gertrude

Sydney Tafler
Lionel Spanager
Joan Heal
Dora Spanager

Noel Purcell
Burglar

Peter Vaughan
Policeman in Car
Peter Bathurst
Gambler

Monica Evans
Shop Assistant (uncredited)
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