Top Billed Cast

Alastair Sim
Felix H. Wilkinson
Jack Warner
Nightingale
Valerie White
Rhona
Jack Lambert
Ford
Harry Fowler
Joe Kirby
Douglas Barr
Alec
Stanley Escane
Roy
Ian Dawson
Norman
Gerald Fox
Dicky
David Simpson
Arthur
Albert Hughes
Wally
John Hudson
Stan
David Knox
Dusty
Jeffrey Sirett
Bill
James Crabbe
Terry
Joan Dowling
Clarry
Frederick Piper
Mr. Kirby
Vida Hope
Mrs. Kirby
Heather Delaine
Dorrie Kirby
Paul Demel
Jago
Alec Finter
Det.-Sgt. Fothergill
Bruce Belfrage
B.B.C. Announcer
Grace Arnold
Dicky’s Mother
Arthur Denton
Vicar
Robin Hughes
Selwyn Pike
Howard Douglas
Watchman
Harry Purvis
Larry the Bull
Joey Carr
Shorty
Peter Mullins
Boy (uncredited)
Andrew Sachs
Schoolboy (uncredited)
Fred Wood
Congregation Member (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Thu Nov 10 2022

This is one of the lesser known Ealing comedies and it has something of the Children's Film Foundation output to it too, as the youngsters cotton on to a dastardly plan to use the narrative bubbles in a children's comic to convey messages that unwittingly to the publisher and animator facilitate daring robberies. It's only when the young "Joe" (Harry Fowler) and his mates start to put two and two together, and with the help of "Felix" (Alastair Sim) they start to hone in on the kingpin - safe in the knowledge that he is close amongst them and will not go quietly if he is discovered. The humour ...