Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.

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Alec GuinnessProfessor Marcus

Cecil ParkerClaude, alias 'Major Courtney'

Herbert LomLouis, alias 'Mr. Harvey'

Peter SellersHarry, alias 'Mr. Robinson'

Danny Green'One-Round', alias 'Mr. Lawson'

Katie JohnsonMrs. Wilberforce

Jack WarnerThe Superintendent

Philip StaintonThe Sergeant