The Big Job (film)
The Big Job | |
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Directed by | Gerald Thomas |
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Cinematography | Alan Hume |
Edited by | Rod Nelson-Keys |
Music by | Eric Rogers |
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Distributed by | Warner-Pathé Distributors |
Release date | 5 October 1965 |
Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Big Job is a 1965 British comedy film. It starred Sid James, Dick Emery, Joan Sims, Sylvia Syms, Jim Dale and Lance Percival.[1][2]
The Big Job shared its cast and production team with the Carry On films, but the film was not officially part of the Carry On series, despite being a typical Carry On format. The film was photographed in black and white, while the Carry On films from the mid 1960s were in colour.[3]
Plot
The story begins in
Upon their release in 1965, the gang go back to the spot where they had left the money, only to find it is now a
The incompetent criminals fail in their numerous attempts to get over or under the wall, all the while trying to conceal their true activities from their landlady, her daughter and a local police constable who also stays there. Eventually, when the men have botched an attempt to tunnel into the grounds, the frustrated women hatch their own plot to gain the money, and succeed, only to find that the money has been shredded by little bustards nesting in the tree.
Cast
- Sid James as George 'The Great' Brain
- Sylvia Syms as Myrtle Robbins
- Dick Emery as Frederick 'Booky' Binns
- Joan Sims as Mildred Gamely
- Lance Percival as Timothy 'Dipper' Day
- Jim Dale as Harold
- Deryck Guyler as Police Sergeant
- Edina Ronay as Sally Gamely
- Reginald Beckwith as Register Office Official
- Michael Ward as Undertaker
- Brian Rawlinson as Henry Blobbitt
- David Horne as Judge
- Frank Forsyth as Bank Cashier
- Frank Thornton as Bank Official
- Wanda Ventham as Dot Franklin
Critical reception
Time Out wrote, "this 'unofficial' Carry On reproduces the familiar formula of its virtually institutionalised predecessors."[4]
Production
Peter Rogers had a script for what eventually would be The Big Job, but elected not to incorporate it into the Carry On series. Of the principal cast, only Sylvia Syms and Dick Emery did not feature in at least one Carry On. The film was principally shot at
See also
- Blue Streak (1999)
See also
- A Fire Has Been Arranged, a 1935 film with a similar plot
References
- ^ "The Big Job". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
- ^ "The Big Job". Nostalgia Central. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
- ^ The Big Job at IMDb Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ^ The Big Job | review, synopsis, book tickets, showtimes, movie release date | Time Out New York
- ^ "Reel Streets". Reel Streets. 26 August 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
External links
- The Big Job at IMDb
- The Big Job at British Comedy Guide