Nothing Barred

Nothing Barred

80 mins | Comedy | Oct. 10, 1961

Penniless Lord Whitebait's plan to save his sinking fortunes is to open stately Whitebait Manor to the public. But the public ignores his gesture, and his fortunes fade even further, with a stream of debts threatening to run into a deluge when his daughter's fiancé demands a plush and costly wedding. Where is the cash to come from? Whitebait and his servant Spankforth's answer is a scam involving the theft of a valuable painting from the Manor. How could such a cunningly original ruse fail?

Nothing Barred

80 mins | Comedy | Oct. 10, 1961

Nothing Barred
Penniless Lord Whitebait's plan to save his sinking fortunes is to open stately Whitebait Manor to the public. But the public ignores his gesture, and his fortunes fade even further, with a stream of debts threatening to run into a deluge when his daughter's fiancé demands a plush and costly wedding. Where is the cash to come from? Whitebait and his servant Spankforth's answer is a scam involving the theft of a valuable painting from the Manor. How could such a cunningly original ruse fail?
Producers
Original title Nothing Barred
Directors Darcy Conyers, Jimmy Komisarjevsky
Writers John T. Chapman

Cast

Brian Rix

as Wilfred Sapling

Leo Franklyn

as Barger

Naunton Wayne

as Lord Whitebait

Charles Heslop

as Spankworth

Ann Firbank

as Lady Katherine

John Slater

as Warder Lockitt

Vera Pearce

as Lady Millicent

Arnold Bell

as Governor

Alexander Gauge

as Policeman

Jack Watling

as Peter Brewster

Irene Handl

as Elsie

Bernard Cribbins

as Newspaperman

Wally Patch

as Newspaperman

Wilfrid Lawson

as Albert

Terry Scott

as PC Budgie

Henry Kendall

as Parson

Garth Adams

as Policeman

Keith Banks

as Bailiff

Frank Hawkins

as Bailiff

Edna Morris

as Cook

Lionel Ngakane

as Convict

Raymond Ray

as Convict

John Russell

as Convict

Andrew Sachs

as Convict

Denis Shaw

as Convict

Margot Bryant

as Woman in Crowd (uncredited)

Ray Cooney

as Policeman (uncredited)