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 .

Crooks Anonymous Poster

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.

1962, Film: "The Fast Lady"

The British comedy film "The Fast Lady" was released in December 1962 in London. The film was directed Ken Annakin with a screenplay by Henry Blyth and Jack Davies, based on a story by Keble Howard. Main stars are Leslie Phillips, Julie Christie, James Robertson Justice and Stanley Baxter. "The Fast Lady" is a 1927 vintage Bentley 4½ Litre Red Label Speed model with Vanden Plas short chassis and painted in British Racing Green.

Synopsis

Murdoch Troon (Stanley Baxter) is a member of the local cycling club. He meets Claire Chingford (Julie Christie) after an accident with her father Charles Chingford (James Robertson Justice). Claire persuades him to buy a sports car, and learn to drive...

Julie Christie as Claire Chingford and Stanley Baxter as Murdoch Troon

James Robertson Justice as Charles Chingford and Julie Christie as Claire Chingford

Stanley Baxter as Murdoch Troon and Leslie Phillips as Freddie Fox

Stanley Baxter as Murdoch Troon and James Robertson Justice as Charles Chingford

Main cast

• James Robertson Justice as Charles Chingford
• Leslie Phillips as Freddie Fox
• Stanley Baxter as Murdoch Troon
• Kathleen Harrison as Mrs Staggers
• Julie Christie as Claire Chingford
• Eric Barker as Wentworth
• Oliver Johnston as Bulmer
• Allan Cuthbertson as Bodley

Stanley Baxter as Murdoch Troon and Allan Cuthbertson as Bodley

Julie Christie as Claire Chingford with "The Fast Lady"

"The Fast Lady" Trailer