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Who was that lady I saw you outwit last night? That was no lady … That was ‘Mum’ Wilberforce, …
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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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Heist PlanningUnexpected FriendshipBank RobberyDisguise And DeceptionUnderdog Vs. CriminalsPlaying Both SidesComic MisadventuresCriminals As Protagonists




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Directed by: Alexander Mackendrick, Otto Heller, Dock Mathieson
Produced by: Michael Balcon, Seth Holt
Composed by: Tristram Cary
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

Philip Stainton
The Sergeant

Frankie Howerd
The Barrow Boy

Kenneth Connor
Cab Driver (uncredited)
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