Too Many Crooks

Too Many Crooks

87 mins | Comedy | March 8, 1959

Accident-prone Fingers runs a pretty unsuccessful gang. They try and rob wealthy but tricky Billy Gordon - who distrusts banks and fears the Inland Revenue - but he sees Fingers and the boys off. So they decide to kidnap his daughter, only to end up with his wife Lucy. Gordon makes out he couldn't be more pleased, spuring Lucy to take charge of the hopeless bunch of villains.

Too Many Crooks

87 mins | Comedy | March 8, 1959

Too Many Crooks
Accident-prone Fingers runs a pretty unsuccessful gang. They try and rob wealthy but tricky Billy Gordon - who distrusts banks and fears the Inland Revenue - but he sees Fingers and the boys off. So they decide to kidnap his daughter, only to end up with his wife Lucy. Gordon makes out he couldn't be more pleased, spuring Lucy to take charge of the hopeless bunch of villains.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers
Original title Too Many Crooks
Directors Mario Zampi
Writers Michael Pertwee

Cast

Terry-Thomas

as Billy Gordon

George Cole

as Fingers

Bernard Bresslaw

as Snowdrop

Sid James

as Sid

John Le Mesurier

as Magistrate

Terry Scott

as Fire Policeman James Smith

Brenda De Banzie

as Lucy Gordon

Vera Day

as Charmaine

Joe Melia

as Whisper

Delphi Lawrence

as Secretary

Sydney Tafler

as Solicitor

Rosalie Ashley

as Angela

Nicholas Parsons

as Tommy

Vilma Ann Leslie

as Girl Journalist

Edie Martin

as Gordon's Mother

Tutte Lemkow

as Swarthy Man

John Stuart

as Inspector Jensen