"Who was that lady I saw you outwit last night? That was no lady … That was ‘Mum’ Wilberforce, …"

1955

1h 31m

7.3(503 votes)

Comedy

Crime

Overview

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.

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Cast & Crew

30 members

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Alec Guinness

Professor Marcus

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Cecil Parker

Claude, alias 'Major Courtney'

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Herbert Lom

Louis, alias 'Mr. Harvey'

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Peter Sellers

Harry, alias 'Mr. Robinson'

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Danny Green

'One-Round', alias 'Mr. Lawson'

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Katie Johnson

Mrs. Wilberforce

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Jack Warner

The Superintendent

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Philip Stainton

The Sergeant

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Frankie Howerd

The Barrow Boy

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Madge Brindley

Large Lady (uncredited)

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Hélène Burls

Hypatia (uncredited)

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Kenneth Connor

Cab Driver (uncredited)

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Michael Corcoran

Burglar (uncredited)

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Harold Goodwin

Parcels Clerk (uncredited)

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Fred Griffiths

Junk Man (uncredited)

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Lucy Griffiths

Miss Pringle (uncredited)

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George Hilsdon

Security Van Driver (uncredited)

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Vincent Holman

Station Master (uncredited)

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Stratford Johns

Security Guard (uncredited)

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Sam Kydd

Second Cab Driver (uncredited)

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Edie Martin

Lettice (uncredited)

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Jack Melford

Detective (uncredited)

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Arthur Mullard

(uncredited)

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Ewan Roberts

Constable (uncredited)

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George Roderick

Radio Car Policeman (uncredited)

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John Rudling

Nervous Man (uncredited)

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Leonard Sharp

Pavement Artist (uncredited)

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Peter Williams

Detective at Parcels Office (uncredited)

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Neil Wilson

Policeman (uncredited)

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Phoebe Hodgson

Constance (uncredited)

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