Directed by:
Arthur CrabtreeCinematography:
Stephen DadeCast:
Jimmy Hanley, Petula Clark, Hugh Sinclair, Anthony Newley, Barbara Murray, Maurice Denham, Frederick Piper, Anthony Steel, Michael Balfour, James Hayter, Brenda Bruce, John Boxer, Dandy Nichols (more)Plots(1)
In a pleasant variation on "The Ransom of Red Chief," elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap Sheila Farlane, the 16 year old daughter of a famous actor. When Harry loses his nerve, Sheila won't let him give up. Because she is bored and ignored by her egotistical father, she becomes the mastermind of the plot. Harry's grandson Jack, who feels responsible for the old man and the girl, is shocked, and tries to return Sheila, but is thwarted by her determined fantasizing. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jimmy Hanley
UK
Best movies:
Petula Clark
UK
Best movies:
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
Finian's Rainbow (1968)
I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
Anthony Newley
UK
Best movies:
Oliver Twist (1948)
Doctor Dolittle (1967)
Pursuit of the Graf Spee (1956)
Barbara Murray
UK
Best movies:
Campbell's Kingdom (1957)
Another Man's Poison (1951)
Anna Karenina (1948)
Maurice Denham
UK
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Oliver Twist (1948)
Man with a Million (1954)
Frederick Piper
UK
Best movies:
The 39 Steps (1935)
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
The Woman Alone (1936)
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)
Michael Balfour
UK
Best movies:
Batman (1989)
Moulin Rouge (1952)
A Stitch in Time (1963)
James Hayter
India
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Night and the City (1950)
The Fallen Idol (1948)
Brenda Bruce
UK
Best movies:
Peeping Tom (1960)
Little Dorrit (1987)
Swallows and Amazons (1974)
John Boxer
UK
Best movies:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Gandhi (1982)
The Adventures of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Dandy Nichols
UK
Best movies:
The Plague Dogs (1982)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
The Early Bird (1965)
Linden Travers
UK
Best movies:
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Cyril Chamberlain
UK
Best movies:
Trouble in Store (1953)
The One That Got Away (1957)
A Stitch in Time (1963)
Barbara Leake
UK
Best movies:
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Murder She Said (1961)
Dead of Night (1945)
Martin Miller
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The 3rd Man (1949)
The V.I.P.s (1963)
The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
Arthur Hambling
UK
Best movies:
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
A Christmas Carol (1951)
It Happened One Sunday (1944)
Philip Stainton
UK
Best movies:
Moby Dick (1956)
Reach for the Sky (1956)
Hobson's Choice (1954)