[Train whistle screeching]

Description: 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:
Professor Marcus: Alec Guinness
Claude (a.k.a. 'Major Courtney'): Cecil Parker
Louis (a.k.a. 'Mr. Harvey'): Herbert Lom
Harry (a.k.a. 'Mr. Robinson'): Peter Sellers
One-Round (a.k.a. 'Mr. Lawson'): Danny Green
The Superintendent: Jack Warner
The Old Lady - Mrs. Wilberforce: Katie Johnson
The Sergeant: Philip Stainton
The Barrow Boy: Frankie Howerd
Large Lady: Madge Brindley
Hypatia: Hélène Burls
Bystander: Paul Phillips
Cab Driver: Kenneth Connor
Burglar: Michael Corcoran
Parcels Clerk: Harold Goodwin
Junk Man: Fred Griffiths
Miss Pringle: Lucy Griffiths
Security Van Driver: George Hilsdon
Constance: Phoebe Hodgson
Station Master: Vincent Holman
Constable: Ewan Roberts
Child: Anthony John
Security Guard: Stratford Johns
Man in Street: Frederick Kelsey
Amelia: Evelyn Kerry
Second Cab Driver: Sam Kydd
Lady Leaving Kings Cross Station: Aileen Lewis
Lettice: Edie Martin
Detective: Jack Melford
Radio Car Policeman: George Roderick
Nervous Man: John Rudling
Pavement Artist: Leonard Sharp
Bystander Near Fruit Barrow: George Spence
Detective at Parcels Office: Peter Williams
Policeman: Neil Wilson

Written by: William Rose, Jimmy O'Connor

Director: Alexander Mackendrick

Production: Ealing Studios, Michael Balcon Productions

Release date: 03 Feb 1956

Box Office: $23,213