1962, Film; Crooks Anonymous

The British comedy "Crooks Anonymous" was released in April 1962. The film was directed by Ken Annakin with a screenplay by Jack Davies and Henry Blyth. Main stars are Leslie Phillips as Dandy Forsdyke, Stanley Baxter as Brother Widdowes, Wilfrid Hyde-White as Senior Brother Montague and Julie Christie as Babette La Verne. The music was composed by George Martin and Muir Mathieson .

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Synopsis
Captain "Dandy Forsdyke" (Leslie Phillips) is a pathological thief, he subjects himself to a strict correction course run by a wealthy ex-convict Brother Widdowes (Stanley Baxter) and his Crooks Anonymous organization. Forsdyke's young and innocent girlfriend Babette La Verne (Julie Christie) promises that she'll marry him if he's cured...

Leslie Phillips as Captain "Dandy" Forsdyke

Stanley Baxter as Brother Widdowes and Julie Christie as Babette La Verne

Wilfrid Hyde-White as Senior Brother Montague

Julie Christie as Babette La Verne and Leslie Phillips as Captain "Dandy" Forsdyke

Main cast

• Leslie Phillips as Captain "Dandy" Forsdyke (real name Fred Cox)
• Stanley Baxter as Brother Widdowes
• Wilfrid Hyde-White as Senior Brother Montague
• Julie Christie as Babette La Verne
• James Robertson Justice as Sir Harvey Russelrod
• Michael Medwin as Ronnie Bassett
• Pauline Jameson as Sister Prunella
• Robertson Hare as Grimsdale
• Raymond Huntley as Wagstaffe
• Dermot Kelly as Stanley
• Norman Rossington as Bert
• Harry Fowler as Woods
• Charles Lloyd-Pack as Fletcher
• Harold Goodwin as George
• Harry Locke as Fred
• Colin Gordon as drunk
• Jeremy Lloyd as M.C. at the Peekaboo Club
• Dennis Waterman as boy in park

Stanley Baxter as Brother Widdowes, Leslie Phillips as Captain "Dandy" Forsdyke,
Pauline Jameson as Sister Prunella and Wilfrid Hyde-White as Senior Brother Montague

Michael Medwin as Ronnie Bassett, Leslie Phillips as Captain "Dandy" Forsdyke
and Stanley Baxter as Brother Widdowes

Leslie Phillips as Captain "Dandy" Forsdyke, Stanley Baxter as Brother Widdowes
Michael Medwin as Ronnie Bassett, Pauline Jameson as Sister Prunella
and Wilfrid Hyde-White as Senior Brother Montague

Leslie Phillips as Captain "Dandy" Forsdyke and Julie Christie as Babette La Verne

Trivia

• Film debut of Julie Christie.