Directed by:
Mario ZampiComposer:
Stanley BlackVOD (2)
Plots(1)
The four remaining relatives of famed practical joker Henry Russell are brought together to hear his last will and testament, revealing a £50,000 inheritance each if they can all complete a set task completely out of character. The assignments are designed to reflect their greatest shortcomings and test their abilities to adapt and ultimately change for the better. Law-abiding retired army officer Deniston (Alastair Sim), secretly writes scandalous novels until he is given a week to get himself arrested for an actual crime and jailed for exactly 28 days. Haughty Agnes (Fay Compton) must find employment as a housekeeper in a middle-class home and retain her position for a month despite her disdain. Simon (Guy Middleton), a penniless womanising rogue, would have to marry the first single woman he speaks to, such as the cigarette girl at the club he frequents (Audrey Hepburn). Finally, timid Herbert (George Cole) needs to hold up the bank manager he works for with a mask and a toy pistol. Can they all pull it off in order to grab the cash? (StudioCanal UK)
(more)Cast
Alastair Sim
UK
Best movies:
An Inspector Calls (1954)
Scrooge (1951)
Stage Fright (1950)
Fay Compton
UK
Best movies:
Othello (1952)
Laughter in Paradise (1951)
Odd Man Out (1947)
George Cole
UK
Best movies:
Cleopatra (1963)
An Inspector Calls (1954)
Scrooge (1951)
Hugh Griffith
UK
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
How to Steal a Million (1966)
The Million Pound Note (1954)
Ernest Thesiger
UK
Best movies:
Father Brown (1954)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
The Million Pound Note (1954)
Joyce Grenfell
UK
Best movies:
The Million Pound Note (1954)
The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
The Magic Box (1951)
John Laurie
UK
Best movies:
Hamlet (1948)
Richard III (1955)
The 39 Steps (1935)
Anthony Steel
UK
Best movies:
I'm the Girl He Wants to Kill (1974) (TV movie)
Winnetou: The Red Gentleman (1964)
Massacre in Rome (1973)
Audrey Hepburn
Belgium
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Roman Holiday (1953)
My Fair Lady (1964)
Charlotte Mitchell
UK
Best movies:
Laughter in Paradise (1951)
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
Village of the Damned (1960)
Colin Gordon
Best movies:
Mandy (1952)
The One That Got Away (1957)
The Mouse That Roared (1959)
Sebastian Cabot
UK
Best movies:
Romeo and Juliet (1954)
The Jungle Book (1967)
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) - narrator
John Boxer
UK
Best movies:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Gandhi (1982)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Leslie Dwyer
UK
Best movies:
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Laughter in Paradise (1951)
Act of Love (1953)
Guy Middleton
UK
Best movies:
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
Laughter in Paradise (1951)
Waltz of the Toreadors (1962)
Veronica Hurst
Malta
Best movies:
Laughter in Paradise (1951)
Peeping Tom (1960)
Angels One Five (1952)
Beatrice Campbell
UK
Best movies:
Laughter in Paradise (1951)
The Master of Ballantrae (1953)
The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
Martin Boddey
UK
Best movies:
The Third Man (1949)
State Secret (1950)
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Victor Harrington
Malta
Best movies:
Douglas Muir
UK
Best movies:
Scrooge (1951)
The Double Man (1967)
Laughter in Paradise (1951)