Crooks in Cloisters

Jan 1, 1964

1h 37m

★ 5.1

A life of crime can become a bad habit!

Overview

Having pulled off the smallest ever train robbery, Little Walter and his crew decide to get out of London. The six of them set up business in a disused monastery off the Cornish coast, despite the fact that none of them really qualifies as a monk - least of all Walter's moll Bikini. Bit by bit, the quiet way of life starts becoming a habit.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Associated British Picture Corporation

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Cast

"Brother" Bikini

Barbara Windsor

Walter Dodd

Ronald Fraser

Willy

Melvyn Hayes

June

Francesca Annis

Squirts McGinty

Bernard Cribbins

Specs

Davy Kaye

Phineas

Wilfrid Brambell

Lorenzo

Grégoire Aslan

Superintendent Mungo

Alister Williamson

Benson

Norman Chappell

Brother Lucius

Corin Redgrave

Father Septimus

Joseph O'Conor

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