Band of Thieves

Band of Thieves is a 1962 British musical film directed by Peter Bezencenet and starring Acker Bilk, Geoffrey Sumner and Jennifer Jayne. It was produced as a second feature in an attempt to cash in on the Trad jazz craze. It was shot at Pinewood Studios. Cast Acker Bilk as Self Colin Smith as Flash Jonathan Mortimer as Fingers Ronald McKay as Scouse Roy James as Dippy Stan Greig as Haggis Ernest Price as The Mole Geoffrey Sumner as The Governor Jimmy Thompson as Dandy Jennifer Jayne as Anne Maudie Edwards as The Duchess Charmian Innes as Mrs. Van Der Ness Arthur Mullard as Getaway Michael Peake as Chief Warder Totti Truman Taylor as Woman Marianne Stone as Cleaner Eleanor McCready as Girl Norrie Paramor as Self - Recording Engineer Peter Haigh as Self - Newsreader Acker Bilk's Paramount Jazz Band as Themselves Carol Deene as Self - Singer References Bibliography Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. The British 'B' Film. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.