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    Band of Thieves (1962)

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    Seven of the prisoners at Gaunstone Gaol have been encouraged to take up Trad jazz by a music-mad governor and have formed a jazz band fronted by Acker Bilk.

    The Duchess of Hartlepool – a prison reform official – arranges for the band to go on tour. They are released along with their dim-witted electrician ‘Getaway’ (Arthur Mullard) – much to the Governor’s regret.

    Life is tough for the boys on the outside until they land a job at a jazz club called ‘The Thieves’ Kitchen’, and soon they have a record released and make the Top 10.

    But the lure of crime still calls to them, and the boys fall for a plan suggested by the club owner and begin emptying the safes of nearby stately homes while on a tour of one-night stands.

    Before long, they are back where they started – much to the delight of the jazz-loving Governor.

    Acker Bilk collaborated with Norrie Paramor to write nine musical numbers for the film.

    Acker Bilk
    Himself
    Flash
    Colin Smith
    Fingers
    Jonathan Mortimer
    Scouse 
    Ronald McKay
    Dippy
    Roy James
    Haggis
    Stan Greig
    The Mole
    Ernie Price
    The Governor
    Geoffrey Sumner
    Dandy
    Jimmy Thompson
    Anne
    Jennifer Jayne
    The Duchess
    Maudie Edwards
    Mrs Van Der Ness
    Charmian Innes
    Getaway
    Arthur Mullard
    Chief Warder
    Michael Peake

    Director
    Peter Bezencenet

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