Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the cupboard, is short of money, and is a service-trained expert in his field. The job is a bank robbery, and military discipline and planning are imposed by Hyde and second-in-command Race on the team, although civilian irritations do start getting in the way.
Jack Hawkins
as Hyde
Nigel Patrick
as Race
Roger Livesey
as Mycroft
Richard Attenborough
as Lexy
Bryan Forbes
as Porthill
Kieron Moore
as Stevens
Terence Alexander
as Rupert
Norman Bird
as Weaver
Robert Coote
as Bunny Warren
Melissa Stribling
as Peggy
Nanette Newman
as Elizabeth
Lydia Sherwood
as Hilda
