Comedy / Crime /

Score: 72.0%( 265 votes )

Overview: A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country.

Cast:

Alec Guinness
Henry 'Dutch' Holland

Stanley Holloway
Albert Pendlebury

Sid James
Lackery

Alfie Bass
Shorty

Marjorie Fielding
Mrs. Chalk

Edie Martin
Miss Evesham

John Salew
Parkin

Ronald Adam
Turner

Arthur Hambling
Wallis

Gibb McLaughlin
Godwin

John Gregson
Farrow

Clive Morton
Station Sergeant

Sydney Tafler
Clayton

Marie Burke
Señora Gallardo

Audrey Hepburn
Chiquita

William Fox
Gregory

Michael Trubshawe
British Ambassador

Ann Heffernan
Kiosk Girl

Jacques Brunius
Customs Official

Eugene Deckers
Customs Official

Paul Demel
Customs Official

Andreas Malandrinos
Customs Official

Cyril Chamberlain
Commander

Tony Quinn
Deputy Commander

Moultrie Kelsall
Detective Superintendant

Christopher Hewett
Inspector Talbot

Meredith Edwards
P. C. Williams

Patrick Barr
Divisional Detective Inspector

David Davies
City Policeman

Robert Shaw
Chemist at Police Exhibition

Richard Davies
Police Driver

Howard Lang
Policeman at window (uncredited)

George Spence
Racegoer (uncredited)