Overview

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.

Cast

Jack Hawkins

Hyde

Nigel Patrick

Race

Roger Livesey

Mycroft

Richard Attenborough

Lexy

Bryan Forbes

Porthill

Kieron Moore

Stevens

Terence Alexander

Rupert