"A gang of aspiring bank robbers involve themselves with arsonists and purchase their very own fire truck in an attempt to create the ultimate diversion. But posing as firemen leads them to disaster."
Dave King
as Bernard
Robert Morley
as Arson Eddie
Daniel Massey
as Harry
Dennis Price
as Withers
Coral Browne
as Colette
Norman Rossington
as Alfie
Maggie Smith
as Chantal
Miles Malleson
as Salesman
Wilfrid Lawson
as Scrap Dealer
David Lodge
as Sergeant
Finlay Currie
as Judge
James Hayter
as Pipe Smoker
Derek Nimmo
as Fish Fancier
John Welsh
as Chief Fire Officer
John Glyn-Jones
as Fire Chief
Eynon Evans
as Mayor
Diane Clare
as Girl Lover
Dudley Sutton
as Boy Lover
John Le Mesurier
as Fisherman
Loretta Parry
as First Child
Elizabeth Dear
as Second Child
Arthur Lowe
as Warder
Kynaston Reeves
as First Clubman
Ronald Cardew
as Second Clubman
Gerry Duggan
as Fireman
Hugh Lloyd
June Cowell
as Young Girl
Barbara Roscoe
as Hairdresser
Colin McKenzie
as Policeman
Arthur Howell
Jack Silk
as Motorcycle Cop
Arnold Schulkes
as Man in Street
Jack Armstrong
Jack Mandeville
Sue Lloyd
as Model
Juba Kennerley
as Man at Fashion Show (uncredited)
John Smart
as Man at Fashion Show
Mabel Etherington
as Lady at Fashion Show
Joyce Everson
as Bystander
Eileen Harvey
Guy Standeven
Eddie Boyce
Rosemary Chalmers
Dan Cressey
Reggie de Beer
Sally Geeson
as Girl playing on the fire engine
Victor Hagan
George Holdcroft
as Man in street
Ann Jay
as Lady at fashion show
Leonard Llewellyn
Dickie Owen
as Taxi driver
Ernie Priest
as Motorcycle cop
Toke Townley
as Man watching fish fancier
Maisie Trent
John Wilder
as Policeman (uncredited)
Michael Truman
Director
Patrick Campbell
Screenplay
Tony White
Camera Operator
John D. Merriman
Production Manager
Mike Roberts
Focus Puller
Peter Myers
Original Story
Ross MacKenzie
Second Unit Director
A. W. Lumkin
Sound Director
Polly Young
Hairdresser
Len Abbott
Sound Recordist
David Bracknell
Assistant Director
David Booth
Casting Assistant
Erwin Hillier
Director of Photography
Dora Lloyd
Wardrobe Master
June Randall
Continuity
Ronald Cass
Adaptation
Vivienne Knight
Kenneth Harper
Producer
Bob Clark
Makeup Artist
Robert Lennard
Casting
John Addison
Original Music Composer
Richard Best
Editor
Alan Withy
Art Direction
Conductor
Norman Coggs
Arthur Southgate
Sound Editor
Eric Besche
Additional Camera
Peter Diamond
Stunts
Douglas Webb
Still Photographer
Frank Usher
Costume Design