Movie Comedy
Michael Redgrave with an ingenious hand for disorder ... Robert Morley as the intrepid arm of the law ...
When Percy Brand, a habitual confidence trickster, keeps being sent down, he goes to great lengths to ensure that his son Colin, does not find out about his criminal past. But when Colin becomes an assistant to the Judge, who is about to try Percy for his latest escapade, Percy and his gang have to come up with a plan, to stop them meeting in court.
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Michael Redgrave Robert Morley Lionel Jeffries Ronald Squire Elizabeth Sellars Joan Hickson Jeremy Burnham Brenda Bruce Brenda Bruce George Coulouris George Coulouris Reginald Beckwith David Hutcheson Mary Kerridge Michael Trubshawe John Le Mesurier Irene Handl Allan Cuthbertson Sam Kydd John Hewer Nora Nicholson Anthony Sagar Meredith Edwards John Warwick Michael Brennan Toke Townley Arthur Howard John Rudling Gerald Cross
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