British Comedy Guide
The Big Job. Image shows from L to R: Mildred Gamely (Joan Sims), Frederick 'Booky' Binns (Dick Emery), George 'The Great Brain' (Sid James), Myrtle Robbins (Sylvia Syms), Timothy 'Dipper' Day (Lance Percival). Copyright: Anglo Amalgamated
The Big Job

The Big Job

  • 1965 film

After their release from prison, an inept gang of bank robbers attempt to recover the proceeds of the Big Job that got them 15 years. Stars Sid James, Sylvia Syms, Dick Emery, Joan Sims, Lance Percival and more.

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The Big Job. Image shows from L to R: Bank Cashier (Frank Forsyth), George 'The Great Brain' (Sid James). Copyright: Anglo Amalgamated

Key details

Genre
Film
Released
1965
Creator
John Antrobus
Stars
Sid James, Sylvia Syms, Dick Emery, Joan Sims, Lance Percival, Jim Dale, Edina Ronay, Deryck Guyler and more
Writer
Talbot Rothwell
Director
Gerald Thomas
Producer
Peter Rogers
Company

Sid James, Lance Percival and Dick Emery star as a gang of unarmed bank robbers. Following a botched getaway, they are caught by the police and sentenced to 15 years manual labour - but not before George 'The Great' Brain stashes the £50,000 haul in the hollow of a tree trunk.

Upon their release they set out to recover the cash, but find that a new town, Oldfield, has been built in the middle of the countryside, and that the hollow tree is now right in the middle of a police station's yard!

Additional details

UK certificate
U
Duration
85 minutes
Distributors

Anglo Amalgamated

Production
Studio
Picture
Black and white

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Broadcast details

Most recent repeats
  • Tuesday 22nd October 2024 at 12:35pm on TPTV
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