In a mansion block in Knightsbridge, a gang of middle-aged biddies decide to brighten up "the dullness of the tea time of life" by staging a series of robberies on furriers, then donating the proceeds to charitable concerns. Terry Thomas as a retired army officer leads the gang, which includes Athene Seyler and Hattie Jacques, on a series of capers that nearly go awry when their maid, Billie Whitelaw, an ex-con and also a resident of the block, falls for a police officer.
Terry-Thomas
as Major Albert Rayne
Athene Seyler
as Dame Beatrice Appleby
Hattie Jacques
as Nanette Parry
Billie Whitelaw
as Lily
Elspeth Duxbury
as Elizabeth "Pinkie" Pinkerton
Jack Hedley
as Jim Benham
Raymond Huntley
as Inspector Pape
Freddie Frinton
as Drunk
Kenneth Williams
as Hon. Freddie Warrington
Irene Handl
as Madame Spolinski
Penny Morrell
as Gertrude
Sydney Tafler
as Lionel Spanager
