Band of Thieves (1962 film)
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Harold Shampan
Geoffrey Sumner
Jennifer Jayne
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| Directed by | Peter Bezencenet |
| Written by | Lyn Fairhurst Harold Shampan |
| Produced by | Lance Comfort |
| Starring | Acker Bilk Geoffrey Sumner Jennifer Jayne |
| Cinematography | Nicolas Roeg |
| Edited by | Tristam Cones |
| Music by | Norrie Paramor |
Production company | Filmvale Productions |
| Distributed by | Rank Film Distributors |
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Running time | 69 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Band of Thieves is a 1962 British second feature ('B')[1] musical film directed by Peter Bezencenet and starring Acker Bilk, Geoffrey Sumner and Jennifer Jayne.[2] It was written by Lyn Fairhurst and Harold Shampan, and was produced in an attempt to cash in on the Trad jazz craze.[1]
According to Filmink "there is something daggily endearing about the way the Rank Organisation missed out on making all the British rock musicals of the late 1950s and early 1960s that earned money (i.e. the ones with Tommy Steele, Cliff Richard, and The Beatles) but decided to invest in a trad jazz musical."[3]
Acker Bilk and his trad-jazz band are in prison. On their release they are persuaded by their promoter to burgle local stately homes while on tour. His girlfriend, a policewoman, finds out, and Bilk and his band go back to prison, as does the promoter.
Cast
- Acker Bilk as himself
- Colin Smith as Flash
- Jonathan Mortimer as Fingers
- Ronald McKay as Scouse
- Roy James as Dippy
- Stan Greig as Haggis
- Jimmy Thompson as Derek Daley
- Ernest Price as The Mole
- Geoffrey Sumner as The Governor
- Jimmy Thompson as Derek
- 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 himself, recording engineer
- Peter Haigh as himself, newsreader
- Acker Bilk's Paramount Jazz Band as themselves
- Carol Deene as herself, singer
Production
It was shot at Pinewood Studios, with cinematography by Nicolas Roeg. Filming took place in May 1962.[4]