Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the cupboard, is short of money, and is a service-trained expert in his field. The job is a bank robbery, and military discipline and planning are imposed by Hyde and second-in-command Race on the team, although civilian irritations do start getting in the way.
Cast
Jack Hawkins
Hyde
Nigel Patrick
Race
Roger Livesey
Mycroft
Richard Attenborough
Lexy
Bryan Forbes
Porthill
Kieron Moore
Stevens
Terence Alexander
Rupert
Norman Bird
Weaver
Robert Coote
Bunny Warren
Melissa Stribling
Peggy
Nanette Newman
Elizabeth
Lydia Sherwood
Hilda
Doris Hare
Molly Weaver
David Lodge
C.S.M.
Patrick Wymark
Wylie
Gerald Harper
Captain Saunders
Brian Murray
Grogan
Oliver Reed
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Roger Hammond
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Claire Gordon
Porthill's Blonde (uncredited)
Terence Plummer
Soldier (uncredited)
Susanne Gibbs
Small Girl (uncredited)
Marie Burke
Mrs Boyle (uncredited)
Nigel Green
Kissing Man in Truck (Uncredited)
Dinsdale Landen
Young Man in Gym (uncredited)
Cyril Chamberlain
AA Patrolman (uncredited)
Norman Rossington
Staff Sergeant Hall (uncredited)
Beverly Bennett
Young Girl (uncredited)
Terence Edmond
Young PC (uncredited)
Ernest Fennemore
Soldier (uncredited)
Joe Dunne
Soldier (uncredited)
Patrick Jordan
Sergeant (uncredited)
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Police Superintendent (uncredited)
Gerry Judge
Waiter (uncredited)
Tony Thawnton
Head Waiter (uncredited)
Bruce Seton
Patrolman (uncredited)
John Richardson
Elizabeth's Lover (uncredited)
Ned Lynch
Bank Official (uncredited)
Fred Machon
Bank Official (uncredited)
Cecil Paul
Bank Official (uncredited)
Joe Wadham
Security Van Driver (uncredited)
Pat Ryan
Constable (uncredited)
Tony Wager
Army Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
Norman Morris
Cafe Royal Manager (uncredited)
Mike Conner
Policeman (uncredited)
Pearl Walters
Lady on Street (uncredited)
Crew
Basil Dearden
Director
Bryan Forbes
Screenplay
John Boland
Novel
John D. Guthridge
Editor
Arthur Ibbetson
Director of Photography
Terence A. Clegg
Third Assistant Director
Michael Relph
Producer
Joan Ellacott
Costume Design
Harry Frampton
Makeup Artist
Harry Miller
Sound Editor
Philip Green
Original Music Composer
Diana Hawkins
Publicist
Peter Proud
Art Direction
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