Crooks in Cloisters

Ronald Fraser - Walt
Barbara Windsor - Bikini
Bernard Cribbins - Squirts
Davy Kaye - Specs
Wilfrid Brambell - Phineas
Melvyn Hayes - Willy
Grégoire Aslan - Lorenzo

Made in glorious TechniColour, this lively British comedy stars Ronald Fraser as the boss of a gang of forgers, after pulling off a small train robbery, Little Walter (Fraser) and his gang decide to hide out on a remote Cornish island in a deserted monastery disguised as monks. After a few initial setbacks, they slowly adjust to their new contemplative life of tending animals and crops, surviving the added tribulations of visits by a group of tourists and some authentic monks. This new pastoral existence soon turns out to be much to the gangs liking, with a return to a life of crime seemingly less appealing by the day. But a local constable has his suspicions aroused by the gambling habits of one of the brothers, and their cover is blown.