poster

1960

NR (08/09/1960) (GB)

Comedy,

1h 41m

71

User Score

A jolly good show indeed.

Overview

In a mansion block in Knightsbridge, a gang of middle-aged biddies decide to brighten up "the dullness of the tea time of life" by staging a series of robberies on furriers, then donating the proceeds to charitable concerns. Terry Thomas as a retired army officer leads the gang, which includes Athene Seyler and Hattie Jacques, on a series of capers that nearly go awry when their maid, Billie Whitelaw, an ex-con and also a resident of the block, falls for a police officer.

1960

71

User Score

NR (08/09/1960) (GB)

Comedy,

1h 41m

A jolly good show indeed.

Overview

In a mansion block in Knightsbridge, a gang of middle-aged biddies decide to brighten up "the dullness of the tea time of life" by staging a series of robberies on furriers, then donating the proceeds to charitable concerns. Terry Thomas as a retired army officer leads the gang, which includes Athene Seyler and Hattie Jacques, on a series of capers that nearly go awry when their maid, Billie Whitelaw, an ex-con and also a resident of the block, falls for a police officer.

Cast

Terry-Thomas

Terry-Thomas

Major Albert Rayne

Athene Seyler

Athene Seyler

Dame Beatrice Appleby

Hattie Jacques

Hattie Jacques

Nanette Parry

Elspeth Duxbury

Elspeth Duxbury

Elizabeth "Pinkie" Pinkerton

Jack Hedley

Jack Hedley

Jim Benham

Raymond Huntley

Raymond Huntley

Inspector Pape

Kenneth Williams

Kenneth Williams

Hon. Freddie Warrington

Irene Handl

Irene Handl

Madame Spolinski

Sydney Tafler

Sydney Tafler

Lionel Spanager

Joan Heal

Joan Heal

Dora Spanager

Peter Vaughan

Peter Vaughan

Policeman in Car