The Cracksman

The Cracksman
Directed by	Peter Graham Scott
Produced by	W.A. Whittaker
Starring	Charlie Drake Nyree Dawn Porter George Sanders Dennis Price
Music by	Ron Goodwin
Cinematography	Harry Waxman
Edited by	Richard Best
Production company	Associated British Picture Corporation
Distributed by	Warner-Pathé Distributors
Release dates	1963
Language	English

The Cracksman is a 1963 British comedy film directed by Peter Graham Scott.^[1][2][3]

Plot

Charlie Drake plays honest locksmith Ernest Wright whose problem is that he cannot resist the challenge of a lock. First he is duped by a debonair con man into opening a car. He is caught by the police but is released on probation. Next the same man fools him into breaking into a house, and he lands in jail for a year. When he is released, he gets tricked into opening a safe, for which he receives a three-year jail sentence and an undeserved reputation as a master thief. Upon his release he finds himself as a pawn being manipulated by two gangs into a safe-cracking scheme but, with the help of undercover police woman Muriel played by Nyree Dawn Porter, he helps trap the crooks and clear his name.

Cast

• Charlie Drake as Ernest Wright
• Nyree Dawn Porter as Muriel
• George Sanders as Guv'nor
• Dennis Price as Grantley
• Percy Herbert as Nosher Jenkins
• 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

Additional credits

• Delia Derbyshire created the sound for the "In a Monastery Garden" sequence. The instrument is, in her words, "an E♭ safe-unlocking mechanism".

References

External links

• The Cracksman at the Internet Movie Database