Retired Major Rayne (Terry Thomas), ex-con Lily (Billie Whitelaw), eccentric dowager Dame Beatrice (Athene Seyler) and disgruntled teacher of etiquette Nanette Parry (Hattie Jacques) are among the peculiar residents of a boarding house who turn into modern-day Robin Hoods, stealing furs for charity.
The plot deals amusingly with all of the bungled fur robberies and the interplay between the eccentric boarding house characters who adopt different disguises for every robbery.
One of the funniest sequences has Terry-Thomas believing he’s stumbled upon a den of thieves and fences so he can sell some of the stolen goods – until he realises the patrons are all members of the Salvation Army.
It’s a first-class British comedy and a great film for star-spotters, for apart from the four principals there’s Ron Moody, Kenneth Williams, Irene Handl, Jack Hedley, Raymond Huntley and even Clement Freud.
Major Rayne
Terry-Thomas Dame Beatrice
Athene Seyler Nanette Parry
Hattie Jacques Lily
Billie Whitelaw Pinkie
Elspeth Duxbury Jim Benham
Jack Hedley Inspector Pape
Raymond Huntley Freddie Warrington
Kenneth Williams Burglar
Noel Purcell Madame Spolinski
Irene Handl Spanager
Sydney Tafler Mrs Spanager
Joan Heal Gertrude
Penny Morrell Jelks
Ron Moody Croupier
Clement Freud
Director
Robert Asher
Video
Related Posts
Perils of Pauline, The (1967) In this comedy-adventure, Pauline (Pamela Austin) is an inmate of the Baskerville Foundling Home, run by Mrs Carruthers (Doris Packer).…
Beatniks, The (1960) Four guys and a girl named Iris (Karen Kadler) stage a robbery wearing skull masks. Their singing leader, Eddie Crane…
Jungle Street (1960) This low-budget British crime film has vicious young working-class hoodlum Terry Collins (David McCallum) mugging an old man, who subsequently…
Carry On Regardless (1961) This is a mixed-up collection of Carry On delights with a totally meaningless title for a totally plotless array of brief comic…
Big Job, The (1965) Carry on Crook comedies! The Big Job was brought to the screen by producer Peter Rogers and director Gerald Thomas, the two…
She'll Have to Go (1962) Penniless blue-blooded brothers Francis (Bob Monkhouse) and Douglas (Alfred Marks) Oberon live in genteel poverty in Oberon Manor - a…
Carry On Cabby (1963) Carry On Cabby began life as a script that Paul Rothwell had worked on at the request of Peter Rogers, Call Me…
Daydreamer, The (1966) It's 1801 in Odense, Denmark. Young Hans Christian Andersen (Paul O'Keefe) - known as Chris - lives with his father,…
The plot deals amusingly with all of the bungled fur robberies and the interplay between the eccentric boarding house characters who adopt different disguises for every robbery.
Major Rayne
