Too Many Crooks( 1959)

TV-MAComedy

74%

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Robbery With Laughter! Crime Was Simple To Them - They Were All Simple Minded!

Overview

Accident-prone Fingers runs a pretty unsuccessful gang. They try and rob wealthy but tricky Billy Gordon - who distrusts banks and fears the Inland Revenue - but he sees Fingers and the boys off. So they decide to kidnap his daughter, only to end up with his wife Lucy. Gordon makes out he couldn't be more pleased, spuring Lucy to take charge of the hopeless bunch of villains.

Top Billed Cast

Terry-Thomas
Billy Gordon
George Cole
Fingers
Brenda De Banzie
Lucy Gordon
Bernard Bresslaw
Snowdrop
Joe Melia
Whisper
Sid James
Sid
Vera Day
Charmaine
Delphi Lawrence
Beryl
John Le Mesurier
Magistrate
Sydney Tafler
Solicitor
Rosalie Ashley
Angela Gordon
Nicholas Parsons
Tommy Weston
Terry Scott
Policeman James Smith
Vilma Ann Leslie
Girl Journalist
Edie Martin
Gordon's Mother
Tutte Lemkow
Swarthy Man
John Stuart
Inspector Jensen
Victor Brooks
Court Usher (uncredited)
Arthur Brough
Old Tramp (uncredited)
Cyril Chamberlain
Chief Fire Officer (uncredited)
Arthur Dibbs
Official (uncredited)
Norman Fisher
Man in Street (uncredited)
Tony Jason
Man at Court (uncredited)
Kenneth Kove
Vicar (uncredited)
Sam Kydd
Tramp (uncredited)
Edward Malin
Charlie (uncredited)
Mary Maxfield
Woman in Street (uncredited)
Wally Patch
Sergeant / Court Usher (uncredited)
Howard Pays
Policeman at Hearse (uncredited)
Jack Silk
Officer in Court (uncredited)
Robert Vossler
Detective (uncredited)
Joe Wadham
Fireman (uncredited)
Eric Wetherell
Man in Street (uncredited)
Ron Whitwell
Sergeant (uncredited)
Neil Wilson
Sergeant Smail (uncredited)

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A review by John Chard

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...