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.
Directed by Alexander Mackendrick
widow
dark comedy
parrot
gang of thieves
money
criminal
old lady
landlady
planning
steam locomotive
octogenarian
quintet
armored van robbery
rented rooms
bumbling crooks
comforting
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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
Frankie Howerd
The Barrow Boy
Kenneth Connor
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
Parcels Clerk (uncredited)
Fred Griffiths
Junk Man (uncredited)
Lucy Griffiths
Miss Pringle (uncredited)
Crew
Alexander Mackendrick
Director
Tristram Cary
Original Music Composer
Otto Heller
Director of Photography
Michael Balcon
Producer
Tom Pevsner
Assistant Director
Jim Clark
Assistant Editor
Seth Holt
Associate Producer
Popular Reviews
142 reviews
ytfbatumn
6.0★ · 06/30/26
Coens’ better ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Coens’ better ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Shamrockshake
8.0★ · 05/14/26
I love the idea of this random old lady being an unstoppable force who always wins without even realising and a genius strategist having to improvise ways to deal with the lady and the gang.
I love the idea of this random old lady being an unstoppable force who always wins without even realising and a genius strategist having to improvise ways to deal with the lady and the gang.
sigma2289
6.0★ · 05/03/26
"Simply try for one hour to behave like gentlemen."
А хули поезда так часто едут
"Simply try for one hour to behave like gentlemen."
А хули поезда так часто едут
The Peepee Poopoo Man
8.0★ · 04/03/26
Now this is how you retire happily.
Now this is how you retire happily.
celine 3
6.0★ · 04/03/26
oh, to be like mrs. wilberforce when i get older 🥹
oh, to be like mrs. wilberforce when i get older 🥹
