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{{short description|1964 comedy crime caper film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Crooks in Cloisters
| image = crooksincloistersposter.jpg
| caption = 'Crooks in Cloisters' poster
| director = [[Jeremy Summers]]
| producer = Gordon Scott
| writer = T.J. Morrison Mike Watts
| starring = [[Ronald Fraser (actor)|Ronald Fraser]] [[Barbara Windsor]] [[Grégoire Aslan]] [[Bernard Cribbins]] [[Melvyn Hayes]] [[Davy Kaye]] [[Wilfrid Brambell]]
| music = [[Don Banks]]
| cinematography = [[Harry Waxman]]
| editing = Ann Chegwidden
| studio = [[Associated British Picture Corporation]]
| distributor = [[Associated British Picture Corporation|Warner-Pathé Distributors]]
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1964|8|11}}
| runtime = 98 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = [[English language|English]]
| budget =
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'''''Crooks in Cloisters''''' is a 1964 [[United Kingdom|British]] comedy film directed by [[Jeremy Summers]] and starring [[Ronald Fraser (actor)|Ronald Fraser]] as 'Little Walter', the leader of a gang of forgers, including [[Barbara Windsor]] as 'Bikini', [[Bernard Cribbins]] as 'Squirts', [[Melvyn Hayes]] as 'Willy', [[Grégoire Aslan]] as 'Lorenzo', and [[Davy Kaye]] as 'Specs'.

==Plot==
After pulling off a train robbery by tricking the train into stopping with false signal lights, 'Little Walter' and his gang are forced to hide out on a remote [[Cornwall|Cornish]] island in a monastery (which they buy with their "ill-gotten gains"), disguised as monks. With them comes 'Bikini' ([[Barbara Windsor]]), Walter's girlfriend, who is given the job of cook to the group, despite never having cooked in her life. After a few initial setbacks, they slowly adjust to their new contemplative life of tending animals and crops, surviving the added tribulations of visits by a group of tourists and two of the real monks who had been forced to sell the monastery after falling on hard times, including Brother Lucius ([[Corin Redgrave]]).

Gradually, the gang adjusts to its new pastoral life, which turns out to be much to their liking. A return to a life in the city is less appealing by the day. With the help of Phineas ([[Wilfrid Brambell]]), a fisherman, they continue to receive and dispose of stolen goods. The crooks change and are kinder and gentler, but 'Brother' Squirts begins to place bets on the dogs and the police become suspicious. When Walter decides it is safe to leave, none of them want to go, including Willy (Hayes), who has fallen for June ([[Francesca Annis]]), Phineas's granddaughter; these two manage to get away safely together. Walter gives the deeds of the island to the real monks who had originally owned it, and just as the rest of the gang say goodbye, they see the police waiting for them.

==Cast==
* [[Ronald Fraser (actor)|Ronald Fraser]] as Little Walter (Walt)
* [[Barbara Windsor]] as Bikini
* [[Grégoire Aslan]] as Lorenzo
* [[Bernard Cribbins]] as Squirts
* [[Davy Kaye]] as Specs
* [[Wilfrid Brambell]] as Phineas
* [[Melvyn Hayes]] as Willy
* [[Joseph O'Conor]] as Father Septimus
* [[Corin Redgrave]] as Brother Lucius
* [[Francesca Annis]] as June
* [[Norman Chappell]] as Benson
* [[Arnold Ridley]] as Newsagent
* [[Patricia Laffan]] as Lady Florence
* [[Alister Williamson]] as Mungo
* [[Russell Waters]] as Ship's Chandler
* Howard Douglas as Publican
* [[Max Bacon (actor)|Max Bacon]] as Bookmaker

==Production==
[[File:High ripples from Loe ground.jpg|thumb|right|The harbour at [[Portloe]] was a location at the end of the film]]
''Crooks in Cloisters'' was filmed at the [[Elstree Studios (Shenley Road)|Associated British Picture Studios]] at [[Borehamwood]] in [[Hertfordshire]], and at [[St Mawes]] in [[Cornwall]].<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057974/locations Filming Locations for ''Crooks in Cloisters''] on the [[Internet Movie Database]]</ref>
The harbour is [[Portloe]]. The opening train robbery sequence involves British Rail class 4 diesel locomotive D140 (later to become class 46 under [[TOPS]]) at an as-yet unidentified location. The exteriors sequences for the monastery were filmed around the grounds of Ashridge House in Ashridge near Berkhamstead in Hertfordshire.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wilkinson|first=Phil|date=27 Jan 2013|title=Crooks in Cloisters|url=https://www.reelstreets.com/films/crooks-in-cloisters/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712014933/https://www.reelstreets.com/films/crooks-in-cloisters/ |archive-date=12 July 2020 |access-date=|website=Reelstreets}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links ==
*{{imdb title|0057974|Crooks in Cloisters}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928043428/http://www.learmedia.ca/product_info.php/cPath/3/products_id/749 ''Crooks in Cloisters'' synopsis]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114005802/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/30299 ''Crooks in Cloisters'' on the BFI website]

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