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Alec Guinness
Henry 'Dutch' Holland
Stanley Holloway
Albert Pendlebury
Sid James
Lackery
Alfie Bass
Shorty
Marjorie Fielding
Mrs. Chalk
Edie Martin
Miss Evesham
John Salew
Parkin
Ronald Adam
Turner
Arthur Hambling
Wallis
Gibb McLaughlin
Godwin
John Gregson
Farrow
Clive Morton
Station Sergeant
Sydney Tafler
Clayton
Marie Burke
Señora Gallardo
Audrey Hepburn
Chiquita
William Fox
Gregory
Michael Trubshawe
British Ambassador
Ann Heffernan
Kiosk Girl
Jacques Brunius
Customs Official
Eugene Deckers
Customs Official
Paul Demel
Customs Official
Andreas Malandrinos
Customs Official
Cyril Chamberlain
Commander
Tony Quinn
Deputy Commander
Moultrie Kelsall
Detective Superintendant
Christopher Hewett
Inspector Talbot
Meredith Edwards
P. C. Williams
Patrick Barr
Divisional Detective Inspector
David Davies
City Policeman
Robert Shaw
Chemist at Police Exhibition
Richard Davies
Police Driver

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A review by CharlesTheBold

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Written by CharlesTheBold on Fri Mar 03 2017

Henry Holland ( Alec Guinness) is a clerk at the Bank of England. Because of his perfect record and self-effacing manner, he is considered thoroughly trustworthy and is even assigned to accompany shipments of gold. In reality Holland has a carefully hidden desire to commit the Perfect Crime, and is waiting for the big chance. The big chance comes when he befriends another frustrated man, Pendlebury (Stanley Halloway) who has the foreign connections that Holland needs. The result is a hilarious parody of the traditional gangster movie, which plays all the traditional tropes for laughs -- ...