Too Many Crooks (1959)
1h 27m
Running Time
March 8, 1959Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

Terry-Thomas
Billy Gordon

George Cole
Fingers

Bernard Bresslaw
Snowdrop

Sid James
Sid

John Le Mesurier
Magistrate

Terry Scott
Fire Policeman James Smith

Brenda De Banzie
Lucy Gordon

Vera Day
Charmaine

Joe Melia
Whisper

Delphi Lawrence
Secretary

Sydney Tafler
Solicitor

Rosalie Ashley
Angela

Christiane Rochefort
Writer

Nicholas Parsons
Tommy

Vilma Ann Leslie
Girl Journalist

Edie Martin
Gordon's Mother

Tutte Lemkow
Swarthy Man

John Stuart
Inspector Jensen

Stanley Black
Composer

Mario Zampi
Director

Tom Buchanan
Boom Operator

Bill Lewthwaite
Editor

Stanley Pavey
Director of Photography

Michael Pertwee
Screenplay

Alfred Roberts
Scenic Artist
Media.

Details.
Release DateMarch 8, 1959
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 27m
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsPinewood Studios, United Kingdom
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
fire
coffin
kidnapping
wife
tax inspector
money
gang
trial
tax evasion
Wiki.
Too Many Crooks is a 1959 British black comedy film directed by Mario Zampi and starring Terry-Thomas, George Cole, Brenda De Banzie, Sidney James, Bernard Bresslaw and Vera Day. It was written by Michael Pertwee and Christiane Rochefort from a story by Jean Nery.
A bunch of inept crooks kidnap the wife of a shady businessman, only for him to decide he doesn’t want her back.
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