Charlie Drake in The Cracksman

Charlie Drake plays an honest locksmith whose problem is that he cannot resist the challenge of a lock. He gets smoothtalked into a safecracking scheme by a couple of ruthless gangsters. He is duped by a debonair con man into opening a car and safe, and lands in jail for a year. He is released, but gets trapped again. He finds himself as a pawn being manipulated by two gangs, and receives a three year jail sentence and an undeserved reputation as a master thief. With the help of undercover police woman, played by Nyree Dawn Porter, he helps trap the crooks and clear his name.

Runtime 112 Minutes

Cast

Charlie Drake as Ernest Wright
Nyree Dawn Porter as Muriel
George Sanders as Guv'nor
Dennis Price as Grantley
Percy Herbert as Nosher
Eddie Byrne as Domino
Finlay Currie as Feathers
Geoffrey Keen as Magistrate
George A. Cooper as Fred
Patrick Cargill as Museum Guide
Norman Bird as Policeman
Neil McCarthy as Van Gogh
Christopher Rhodes as Mr. King
Ronnie Barker as Yossle
Wanda Ventham as Sandra
Jerold Wells as Chief Prison Officer
Tutte Lemkow as Choreographer
Richard Leech as Detective Sergeant
Robert Shaw as Moke

Directed by Peter Graham Scott
Produced by W.A. Whittaker
Music by Ron Goodwin
Cinematography Harry Waxman
Editing by Richard Best
Studio Associated British Picture Corporation
Distributed by Warner-Pathé Distributors
Release Date 1963
Language English