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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.
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Dave King Robert Morley Daniel Massey Dennis Price Coral Browne Norman Rossington Maggie Smith Miles Malleson Wilfrid Lawson David Lodge Finlay Currie James Hayter Derek Nimmo John Welsh John Glyn-Jones Eynon Evans Diane Clare Dudley Sutton John Le Mesurier Loretta Parry Elizabeth Dear Arthur Lowe Kynaston Reeves Ronald Cardew Gerry Duggan Hugh Lloyd June Cowell Barbara Roscoe Colin McKenzie Arthur Howell Jack Silk Arnold Schulkes Jack Armstrong Jack Mandeville Sue Lloyd Juba Kennerley John Smart Mabel Etherington Joyce Everson Eileen Harvey Guy Standeven
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