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Three criminals plan to break out of prison the day before their release in order to carry out a daring jewel robbery, intending to establish the perfect alibi by returning to jail afterwards. First however they must get out, a task made more difficult by a new, stricter prison officer.
Theatrical
Jan 23, 1961
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 21, 2003
Theaters
1
Director
Writers
Producer
Studio
Vale Film Productions, Shepperton Productions
Cast
Full credits →P
Peter Sellers
Dodger Lane
W
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Soapy Stevens
M
Maurice Denham
Governor Horatio Bennett
I
Irene Handl
Mrs. Price
D
David Lodge
Jelly Knight
L
Lionel Jeffries
Chief Prison Officer Sidney Crout
L
Liz Fraser
Ethel
B
Bernard Cribbins
Lennie Price
B
Beryl Reid
Miss Pringle
W
Walter Hudd
Reverend Patterson
G
George Woodbridge
Chief Prison Officer Jenkins
J
John Glyn-Jones
Lawyer
C
Cyril Chamberlain
Day Gate Warder
N
Noel Hood
Miss Prescott
W
Wallas Eaton
Night Gate Warder
M
Mario Fabrizi
Jones
T
Thorley Walters
Colonel Parkright
M
Myrette Morven
Miss Meakin
E
Edwin Brown
Warder Charlie
A
Andrew Downie
Garden Warder
