The read
It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
After a bunch of no-hopers approaches an employment agency, the anarchy mounts as they do a series of odd jobs, including a chimp's tea party, trying to stay sober at a wine tasting… and demolishing a house.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
57 audience votes
Key crew
- Gerald ThomasDirector
- Ralph ThomasDirector
- Norman HudisScreenplay
Cast
- Sidney JamesMr. Bert Handy
- Kenneth ConnorSam Twist
- Charles HawtreyGabriel Dimple
- Joan SimsLily Duveen
- Kenneth WilliamsFrancis Courtenay
- Bill OwenMike Weston
- Liz FraserDelia King
- Terence LongdonMontgomery Infield-Hopping
- Hattie JacquesSister
- Esma CannonMiss Cooling
- Sydney TaflerStrip Club Manager
- Julia ArnallTrudy Trelawney
Stills
Themes
carry onblack and white