The Big Job (1965)
1h 28m | PG-13
A gang of hapless crooks, led by Sidney James, successfully perpetrate a robbery only to be caught after the fact. Fifteen years later they emerge from prison intent on retrieving their stolen loot - and discover a police station has been built over its hiding place.
Director: Gerald Thomas
Studio: Peter Rogers Productions
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Action
Video: 720p
Cast
Sid James
as George Brain
Sylvia Syms
as Myrtle Robbins
Dick Emery
as Frederick 'Booky' Binns
Joan Sims
as Mildred Gamely
Lance Percival
as Timothy 'Dipper' Day
Jim Dale
as Harold
Reviews
It's a sort of carry-on-criminal, this one - with a reliable cast of British actors - Sid James, Sylvia & Joan Sims and Lance Percival amongst the stalwarts who recount this rather daft story of a bank robbery that goes a bit wrong! They get caught, sent down for fifteen years and when they escape, all set for a life on the Riviera - they discover the tree trunk in which Sid deposited the loot is now part of a police station. It's a jolly effort that sees them come up with all sorts of wheezes to try and recover their loot from under the unintentionally watchful eyes of "Sgt." Derek Guyler that raises a titter now and again. Maybe a bit on the long side; the joke wears thin after about an hour, and the humour hasn't really lasted that well - but it's still a good ensemble performance.