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In a mansion block in Knightsbridge, a gang of middle-aged biddies decide to brighten up "the dullness of the tea time of life" by staging a series of robberies on furriers, then donating the proceeds to charitable concerns. Terry Thomas as a retired army officer leads the gang, which includes Athene Seyler and Hattie Jacques, on a series of capers that nearly go awry when their maid, Billie Whitelaw, an ex-con and also a resident of the block, falls for a police officer.
Theatrical
Dec 19, 1960
Director
Producers
Music
Studio
The Rank Organisation
Cast
Full credits →T
Terry-Thomas
Major Albert Rayne
A
Athene Seyler
Dame Beatrice Appleby
H
Hattie Jacques
Nanette Parry
B
Billie Whitelaw
Lily
E
Elspeth Duxbury
Elizabeth "Pinkie" Pinkerton
J
Jack Hedley
Jim Benham
R
Raymond Huntley
Inspector Pape
F
Freddie Frinton
Drunk
K
Kenneth Williams
Hon. Freddie Warrington
I
Irene Handl
Madame Spolinski
P
Penny Morrell
Gertrude
S
Sydney Tafler
Lionel Spanager
J
Joan Heal
Dora Spanager
N
Noel Purcell
Burglar
P
Peter Vaughan
Policeman in Car
P
Peter Bathurst
Gambler
M
Monica Evans
Shop Assistant (uncredited)
