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.
Professor Marcus
Claude, alias 'Major Courtney'
Louis, alias 'Mr. Harvey'
Harry, alias 'Mr. Robinson'
'One-Round', alias 'Mr. Lawson'
Mrs. Wilberforce
The Superintendent
The Sergeant
The Barrow Boy
I always felt that Herbert Lom had a wonderful face for comedy; and here I think he stands out alongside Cecil Parker - always underrated, but who could be relied upon to deliver a standard of comedy haplessness consistently well on screen. Guinness and Sellers are doing what we know they are good at, so I was less impressed by them in this one. Katie Johnson gets many plaudits as "Mrs Wilberforce", though I wonder how much acting she was actually doing? Any interviews I have seen with her seem to suggest she was pretty much playing herself in this slightly more sinister of the Ealing comedies...
Status Released
Original LanguageEnglish
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