

15/04/1960
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.

Jack Hawkins
as Hyde

Nigel Patrick
as Race

Roger Livesey
as Mycroft

Richard Attenborough
as Lexy

Bryan Forbes
as Porthill

Kieron Moore
as Stevens

Terence Alexander
as Rupert

Norman Bird
as Weaver

Robert Coote
as Bunny Warren

Melissa Stribling
as Peggy

Nanette Newman
as Elizabeth

Lydia Sherwood
as Hilda

Doris Hare
as Molly Weaver

David Lodge
as C.S.M.

Patrick Wymark
as Wylie

Gerald Harper
as Captain Saunders

Brian Murray
as Grogan

Oliver Reed
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)

Roger Hammond
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)

Claire Gordon
as Porthill's Blonde (uncredited)

Terence Plummer
as Soldier (uncredited)

Susanne Gibbs
as Small Girl (uncredited)

Marie Burke
as Mrs Boyle (uncredited)

Nigel Green
as Kissing Man in Truck (Uncredited)

Dinsdale Landen
as Young Man in Gym (uncredited)

Cyril Chamberlain
as AA Patrolman (uncredited)

Norman Rossington
as Staff Sergeant Hall (uncredited)

Beverly Bennett
as Young Girl (uncredited)

Terence Edmond
as Young PC (uncredited)

Ernest Fennemore
as Soldier (uncredited)

Joe Dunne
as Soldier (uncredited)

Patrick Jordan
as Sergeant (uncredited)

Ronald Leigh-Hunt
as Police Superintendent (uncredited)

Gerry Judge
as Waiter (uncredited)

Tony Thawnton
as Head Waiter (uncredited)

Bruce Seton
as Patrolman (uncredited)

John Richardson
as Elizabeth's Lover (uncredited)

Ned Lynch
as Bank Official (uncredited)

Fred Machon
as Bank Official (uncredited)

Cecil Paul
as Bank Official (uncredited)

Joe Wadham
as Security Van Driver (uncredited)

Pat Ryan
as Constable (uncredited)

Tony Wager
as Army Switchboard Operator (uncredited)

Norman Morris
as Cafe Royal Manager (uncredited)

Mike Conner
as Policeman (uncredited)

Pearl Walters
as Lady on Street (uncredited)
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