When Percy Brand, a habitual confidence trickster, keeps being sent down, he goes to great lengths to ensure that his son Colin, does not find out about his criminal past. But when Colin becomes an assistant to the Judge, who is about to try Percy for his latest escapade, Percy and his gang have to come up with a plan, to stop them meeting in court.
Cast
Michael Redgrave
Percy Brand
Robert Morley
Judge Sir Edward Crichton
Lionel Jeffries
Major Proudfoot
Ronald Squire
Colonel Masters
Elizabeth Sellars
Gina Laselle
Joan Hickson
Aunt Florence
Jeremy Burnham
Colin Brand
Brenda Bruce
Mary Cooper, Blacky
George Coulouris
'Bennie' Bensuson, Sergeant Bolton
Reginald Beckwith
Vickery
David Hutcheson
Freddie Cooper
Mary Kerridge
Lady Crichton
Michael Trubshawe
Ivan
John Le Mesurier
Sir Humphrey Pomfret
Irene Handl
Woman in Train
Allan Cuthbertson
Police Inspector
Sam Kydd
Shorty
John Hewer
Foxy
Nora Nicholson
Mrs. Cartwright
Anthony Sagar
Customs Official
Meredith Edwards
Sergeant Bolton
John Warwick
Police Superintendent
Michael Brennan
Bent - Warder Ext. Prison
Toke Townley
Sidney Rumpthorne
Arthur Howard
Burrows
John Rudling
Man in Train
Gerald Cross
Hodgkin
Crew
Charles Crichton
Director
Denys Roberts
Writer
Oswald Hafenrichter
Editor
Edward Scaife
Director of Photography
Peter Price
Second Assistant Director
Michael Stevenson
Third Assistant Director
Douglas Hermes
Assistant Director
Paul Soskin
Producer
George Pitcher
Co-Producer
Ray Sturgess
Camera Operator
Thelma Graves
Casting
Eileen Warwick
Hairdresser
Michael Morris
Makeup Artist
Red Law
Sound Recordist
John Aldred
Sound Recordist
Humphrey Searle
Original Music Composer
Phyllis Crocker
Continuity
Christopher Sutton
Production Manager
Michael ffolkes
Title Designer
Muir Mathieson
Conductor
Allan Harris
Art Direction
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