Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.
Cast
Alec Guinness
Professor Marcus
Cecil Parker
Claude, alias 'Major Courtney'
Herbert Lom
Louis, alias 'Mr. Harvey'
Peter Sellers
Harry, alias 'Mr. Robinson'
Danny Green
'One-Round', alias 'Mr. Lawson'
Katie Johnson
Mrs. Wilberforce
Jack Warner
The Superintendent
Philip Stainton
The Sergeant
Frankie Howerd
The Barrow Boy
Madge Brindley
Large Lady (uncredited)
Hélène Burls
Hypatia (uncredited)
Kenneth Connor
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Michael Corcoran
Burglar (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
Parcels Clerk (uncredited)
Fred Griffiths
Junk Man (uncredited)
Lucy Griffiths
Miss Pringle (uncredited)
George Hilsdon
Security Van Driver (uncredited)
Vincent Holman
Station Master (uncredited)
Stratford Johns
Security Guard (uncredited)
Sam Kydd
Second Cab Driver (uncredited)
Edie Martin
Lettice (uncredited)
Jack Melford
Detective (uncredited)
Arthur Mullard
(uncredited)
Ewan Roberts
Constable (uncredited)
George Roderick
Radio Car Policeman (uncredited)
John Rudling
Nervous Man (uncredited)
Leonard Sharp
Pavement Artist (uncredited)
Peter Williams
Detective at Parcels Office (uncredited)
Neil Wilson
Policeman (uncredited)
Phoebe Hodgson
Constance (uncredited)
Crew
Alexander Mackendrick
Director
William Rose
Screenplay, Story
Jack Harris
Editor
Harry Aldous
Assistant Editor
Jim Clark
Assistant Editor
Robin Clarke
Assistant Editor
Otto Heller
Director of Photography
Joan Bridge
Color Timer
Tom Pevsner
Assistant Director
Hal Mason
Production Supervisor
Michael Balcon
Producer
Seth Holt
Associate Producer
Chic Waterson
Camera Operator
Alan Bryce
First Assistant Camera
Ray Parslow
First Assistant Camera
Herbert Smith
First Assistant Camera
Anthony Mendleson
Costume Design
Daphne Martin
Hairstylist
Alex Garfath
Makeup Artist
W. Simpson Robinson
Scenic Artist
Bert Davey
Assistant Art Director
Stephen Dalby
Supervising Sound Editor
Gordon Stone
Sound Editor
Leo Wilkins
Sound Recordist
Sydney Pearson
Special Effects
Tristram Cary
Original Music Composer
Dock Mathieson
Music Director
Norman Dorme
Set Designer
Tony Rimmington
Set Designer
Jack Shampan
Set Designer
Felicia Manheim
Continuity
David Peers
Unit Production Manager
Jim Morahan
Art Direction
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