Comedy / Crime /

Score: 73%( 505 votes )

Overview: 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.

Cast:

Alec Guinness
Professor Marcus

Cecil Parker
Claude, alias 'Major Courtney'

Herbert Lom
Louis, alias 'Mr. Harvey'

Peter Sellers
Harry, alias 'Mr. Robinson'

Danny Green
'One-Round', alias 'Mr. Lawson'

Katie Johnson
Mrs. Wilberforce

Jack Warner
The Superintendent

Philip Stainton
The Sergeant

Frankie Howerd
The Barrow Boy

Madge Brindley
Large Lady (uncredited)

Hélène Burls
Hypatia (uncredited)

Kenneth Connor
Cab Driver (uncredited)

Michael Corcoran
Burglar (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin
Parcels Clerk (uncredited)

Fred Griffiths
Junk Man (uncredited)

Lucy Griffiths
Miss Pringle (uncredited)

George Hilsdon
Security Van Driver (uncredited)

Vincent Holman
Station Master (uncredited)

Stratford Johns
Security Guard (uncredited)

Sam Kydd
Second Cab Driver (uncredited)

Edie Martin
Lettice (uncredited)

Jack Melford
Detective (uncredited)

Arthur Mullard
(uncredited)

Ewan Roberts
Constable (uncredited)

George Roderick
Radio Car Policeman (uncredited)

John Rudling
Nervous Man (uncredited)

Leonard Sharp
Pavement Artist (uncredited)

Peter Williams
Detective at Parcels Office (uncredited)

Neil Wilson
Policeman (uncredited)

Phoebe Hodgson
Constance (uncredited)