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Terry-Thomas
Billy Gordon
George Cole
Fingers
Bernard Bresslaw
Snowdrop
Sid James
Sid
John Le Mesurier
Magistrate
Terry Scott
Fire Policeman James Smith
Brenda De Banzie
Lucy Gordon
Vera Day
Charmaine
Joe Melia
Whisper
Delphi Lawrence
Secretary
Sydney Tafler
Solicitor
Rosalie Ashley
Angela
Nicholas Parsons
Tommy
Vilma Ann Leslie
Girl Journalist
Edie Martin
Gordon's Mother
Tutte Lemkow
Swarthy Man
John Stuart
Inspector Jensen
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Review 1DiscussionA review by John Chard
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Written by John Chard on Sat Sep 06 2014
The house of Ealing delivers another rewarding comedy.
A group of bumbling crooks led by the accident prone Fingers, fail in their attempt to rob mega rich miser Billy Gordon, they reconvene to hatch a plan where they will kidnap Gordon's daughter and hold her to ransom. But instead of kidnapping the pretty daughter they mistakingly in the night snatch the wife Lucy, who upon finding out that Billy is not prepared to pay to get her back, plots her revenge with the aid of her captors.
That this film is above average is purely down to its fine cast list, carry on stalwarts Sid James & Berna...
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Keywords
- fire
- wife
- kidnapping
- coffin
- tax inspector
- trial
- money
- gang
- tax evasion