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The Wrong Arm of the Law
Why this pick
A buoyant British crooks-on-the-run comedy, pairing petty criminals with comic complications and an affectionate, breezy tone close to Crooks in Cloisters.
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MOVIE1964 1h 37m GBR
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Crooks in Cloisters
Comedy
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
Its genial 1960s British humour, escalating mishaps, colourful supporting players and unhurried farcical spirit make it a natural companion.
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Make Mine Mink
Why this pick
A gentle British crime farce in which an unlikely group turn to theft, favouring cosy camaraderie and comic logistics over danger.
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A Stitch in Time
Why this pick
Norman Wisdom’s fish-out-of-water chaos has the same warm, broad, distinctly British farcical charm and fondness for institutional disruption.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
After pulling off a small train robbery, 'Little Walter' and his gang are forced to hide out on a remote Cornwall island in an abandoned monastery, disguised as monks. With them comes 'Bikini' (Barbara Windsor), Walter's girlfriend, who is given the job of cook to the group, despite never having cooked in her life. After a few initial setbacks, they slowly adjust to their new contemplative life of tending animals and crops, surviving the added tribulations of visits by a group of tourists and two of the real monks who had been forced to sell the monastery after falling on hard times, including Brother Lucius (Corin Redgrave).
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Ronald Fraser
Walter Dodd
Barbara Windsor
"Brother" Bikini
Grégoire Aslan
Lorenzo
Bernard Cribbins
Squirts McGinty
Davy Kaye
Specs
Melvyn Hayes
Willy
Wilfrid Brambell
Phineas
Corin Redgrave
Brother Lucius