Too Many Crooks

Too Many Crooks (1959)

Robbery With Laughter! Crime Was Simple To Them - They Were All Simple Minded!

Accident-prone Fingers runs a pretty unsuccessful gang. They try and rob wealthy but tricky Billy Gordon - who distrusts banks and fears the Inland Revenue - but he sees Fingers and the boys off. So they decide to kidnap his daughter, only to end up with his wife Lucy. Gordon makes out he couldn't be more pleased, spuring Lucy to take charge of the hopeless bunch of villains.

Date of release
1959-03-08
TMDB
7.4 / 10 (23)
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Mario Zampi

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Pinewood Studios

Too Many Crooks is a 1959 British black comedy film directed by Mario Zampi and starring Terry-Thomas, George Cole, Brenda De Banzie, Sidney James, Bernard Bresslaw and Vera Day. It was written by Michael Pertwee and Christiane Rochefort from a story by Jean Nery.

Production

It was the second film Zampi made for Rank, following The Naked Truth. Filming took place in September 1958.

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