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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Comic, classical in form, intimate and effortless.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- effortlessdemanding
- resolvedopen-ended
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Cast
- Alec GuinnessProfessor Marcus
- Cecil ParkerClaude, alias 'Major Courtney'
- Herbert LomLouis, alias 'Mr. Harvey'
- Peter SellersHarry, alias 'Mr. Robinson'
- Danny Green'One-Round', alias 'Mr. Lawson'
- Katie JohnsonMrs. Wilberforce
- Jack WarnerThe Superintendent
- Philip StaintonThe Sergeant
- Frankie HowerdThe Barrow Boy
- Madge BrindleyLarge Lady (uncredited)
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- Alexander MackendrickDirector
- William RoseScreenplay
- Otto HellerDirector of Photography
- Tristram CaryOriginal Music Composer
- Jack HarrisEditor
- Michael BalconProducer
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