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The Big Job is a 1965 British comedy film directed by Gerald Thomas and starring Sid James, Dick Emery, Joan Sims, Sylvia Syms, Jim Dale and Lance Percival. [1][2][3] The Big Job shared its cast and production team with the Carry On films, but the film was not officially part of the Carry On series, despite being a typical Carry On format.
The Big Job: Directed by Gerald Thomas. With Sidney James, Sylvia Syms, Dick Emery, Joan Sims. Bank robbers serve 15 years for heist. Upon release, they seek stashed loot, but the hiding spot (a tree) is now behind a police station due to urban expansion.
- (897)
- Comedy, Crime, Mystery
- Gerald Thomas
- 1965-10-15
In 1950 a gang of three men are plotting the detailed arrangements to carry out a bank robbery. Their leader is George Brain. On the day of the big job, everything goes wrong. but after several mishaps the inept criminals get away with the money in a hearse.
Overview. A gang of hapless crooks, led by Sidney James, successfully perpetrate a robbery only to be caught after the fact. Fifteen years later they emerge from prison intent on retrieving their stolen loot - and discover a police station has been built over its hiding place.
The Big Job (1965) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The Big Job is directed by Gerald Thomas, scripted by Talbot Rothwell, scored by Eric Rogers, produced by Peter Rogers, stars Sid James with his 24-carat cackle, features man-eating Joan Sims and gormless Jim Dale, yet wasn't titled Carry On Robbing.
An inept gang of bank robbers, led by George The Brain, are caught and sentenced to 15 years hard labour each. When they are released from prison they start out to collect the money they had stolen and which George had hidden in a hollow tree during the chase in which they were caught.
