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Crooks Anonymous

Crooks Anonymous

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Overview

A former burglar trying to go straight joins a rehabilitation scheme using much the same methods as AA. Through the process, he takes work as a department store Santa, where the endless parade of goods and money, not to mention the pretty young shop hands have him like a moth to a flame in no time flat.

Directed by Ken Annakin
Written by Jack Davies, Ken Annakin
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Top Cast

Leslie Phillips

Leslie Phillips

Fred "Captain 'Dandy' Forsdyke" Cox

Stanley Baxter

Stanley Baxter

Brother R.S. Widdowes

Wilfrid Hyde-White

Wilfrid Hyde-White

Senior Brother Laurence Montague

Julie Christie

Julie Christie

Babette La Vern

James Robertson Justice

James Robertson Justice

Sir Harvey Russellrod

Michael Medwin

Michael Medwin

Brother Ronnie Bassett

Pauline Jameson

Pauline Jameson

Sister Prunella

Robertson Hare

Robertson Hare

Grimsdale

Raymond Huntley

Raymond Huntley

Mr. Wagstaffe

Norman Rossington

Norman Rossington

Bert

Themes & Keywords

department storeblack and whitejewelry storelocked in a cell

About Crooks Anonymous

Crooks Anonymous is a comedy, crime film released in 1962 exploring themes of department store, black and white, jewelry store, locked in a cell. Directed by Ken Annakin, it stars Leslie Phillips, Stanley Baxter, Wilfrid Hyde-White. A former burglar trying to go straight joins a rehabilitation scheme using much the same methods as AA. Through the process, he takes work as a department store Santa, where the endless parade of goods and money, not to mention the pretty young shop hands have him like a moth to a flame in no time flat.

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