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Too Many Crooks

Robbery With Laughter! Crime Was Simple To Them - They Were All Simple Minded!

7.4(23)19591h 27m1

Accident-prone Fingers runs a pretty unsuccessful gang. They try and rob wealthy but tricky Billy Gordon - who distrusts banks and fears the Inland Revenue - but he sees Fingers and the boys off. So they decide to kidnap his daughter, only to end up with his wife Lucy. Gordon makes out he couldn't be more pleased, spuring Lucy to take charge of the hopeless bunch of villains.

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Released
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Box office
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Language
English
  • fire
  • wife
  • kidnapping
  • coffin
  • tax inspector
  • trial
  • money
  • gang
  • tax evasion

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Director

Mario Zampi

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United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR24 Apr 1959
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalU8 Mar 1959

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Too Many Crooks was released on 8 March 1959.

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  • J

    John Chard

    9/6/2014

    7/10

    The house of Ealing delivers another rewarding comedy. A group of bumbling crooks led by the accident prone Fingers, fail in their attempt to rob mega rich miser Billy Gordon, they reconvene to hatch a plan where they will kidnap Gordon's daughter and hold her to ransom. But instead of kidnapping the pretty daughter they mistakingly in the night snatch the wife Lucy, who upon finding out that Billy is not prepared…

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