Summary
Tricked into joining the RAF by a wily judge, wide boy Horace Pope sets his sights on the main chance, teams with slow-witted, good-hearted gypsy Pedlar Pascoe, and works up a lucrative racket in conning both his colleagues and the RAF.
Where to watch
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Cast
24 of 44
Alfred LynchHorace Pope
Sean ConneryPedlar Pascoe
Cecil ParkerGroup Capt. Bascombe, Gr/Cpt Bascombe
Stanley HollowayMr. Cooksley
Alan KingTop Sgt. Buzzer, T/Sgt Buzzer
Eric BarkerDoctor
Barbara WindsorMavis
Bill OwenCpl. Gittens
John Le MesurierHixon
Kathleen HarrisonMrs. Cooksley
Wilfrid Hyde-WhiteTrowbridge
Patsy RowlandsEvie
Terence LongdonAir Gunner
Lance PercivalMacTaggart (Uncredited)
Kenneth J. WarrenDusty
Anton RodgersSoldier in Canteen (Uncredited)
Jack SmethurstDai Tovey
Victor Maddern1st Airman
Harry LockeHuxtable
Graham StarkSgt. Ellis
Harold GoodwinCorporal Reeves
Jean AubreyWaaf Corporal
Marianne StoneStretcher Bearer (Uncredited)
Crew
- Directed by
- Cyril Frankel
- Written by
- Harold Buchman
- Produced by
- Benjamin Fisz
- Music by
- Malcolm Arnold
Everyone
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Facts
October 10, 1961 · 1 h 27 min · Comedy
- Released
- October 10, 1961
- Runtime
- 1 h 27 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Original language
- English
- Made in
- United Kingdom
- Available in
- 4 countries

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