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	* [[Delia Derbyshire]] created the sound for the "In a Monastery Garden" sequence. The instrument is, in her words, "an E♭ safe-unlocking mechanism"~~{{Quote without source\|date=February 2023}}~~.		* [[Delia Derbyshire]] created the sound for the "In a Monastery Garden" sequence. The instrument is, in her words, "an E♭ safe-unlocking mechanism".

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{{Infobox film
| name = The Cracksman
| image_size =
| image = The Cracksman FilmPoster.jpeg
| caption =
| director = [[Peter Graham Scott]]
| producer = W. A. Whittaker
| writer =
| narrator =
| starring = [[Charlie Drake]]<br />[[Nyree Dawn Porter]]<br />[[George Sanders]]<br />[[Dennis Price]]
| music = [[Ron Goodwin]]
| cinematography = [[Harry Waxman]]
| editing = [[Richard Best (film editor)|Richard Best]]
| studio = [[Associated British Picture Corporation]]
| distributor = [[Associated British Picture Corporation|Warner-Pathé Distributors]]
| released = {{Film date|1963}}
| runtime =
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
}}

'''''The Cracksman''''' is a 1963 [[United Kingdom|British]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Peter Graham Scott]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110519181738/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/88054/The-Cracksman/overview The New York Times]</ref><ref>[https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117790119.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 Variety]</ref><ref>Personal letter from Delia Derbyshire to Associated British Picture Corporation, dated 25 April 1963.</ref>

==Plot==
[[Charlie Drake]] plays honest but naive [[locksmith]] Ernest Wright who believes that everybody else is equally honest. First, he is duped by a debonair con man into opening a car. He is caught by the police but given probation. Next, the same man fools him into breaking into a house, and again he is caught while the villain escapes and he lands in jail. When he is released, he again gets tricked, this time by a woman, into opening a safe, for which he receives a three-year jail sentence. On arrival in prison, he has a reputation as a master thief. Upon his release, he finds himself as a pawn being manipulated by two gangs into a [[safe-cracking]] scheme but, with the help of undercover policewoman Muriel, he helps trap the crooks and clear his name.

Portions of the film satirise the 1962 films ''[[Birdman of Alcatraz (film)|Birdman of Alcatraz]]'' and ''[[Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]'', Drake's hit song ''[[My Boomerang Won't Come Back]]'', and the [[Ceremony of the Keys (London)|Ceremony of the Keys]] at the [[Tower of London]].

==Cast==
* [[Charlie Drake]] as Ernest Wright
* [[Nyree Dawn Porter]] as Muriel
* [[George Sanders]] as Guv'nor
* [[Dennis Price]] as Grantley
* [[Percy Herbert (actor)|Percy Herbert]] as Nosher Jenkins
* [[Eddie Byrne]] as Domino
* [[Finlay Currie]] as Feathers
* [[Geoffrey Keen]] as Magistrate
* [[George A. Cooper]] as Fred
* [[Patrick Cargill]] as Museum Guide
* [[Norman Bird]] as Policeman
* [[Neil McCarthy (actor)|Neil McCarthy]] as Van Gogh
* [[Christopher Rhodes]] as Mr. King
* [[Ronnie Barker]] as Yossle
* [[Wanda Ventham]] as Sandra
* [[Jerold Wells]] as Chief Prison Officer
* [[Tutte Lemkow]] as Choreographer
* [[Richard Leech]] as Detective Sergeant
* [[Robert Shaw (actor)|Robert Shaw]] as Moke

==Additional credits==
* [[Delia Derbyshire]] created the sound for the "In a Monastery Garden" sequence. The instrument is, in her words, "an E♭ safe-unlocking mechanism"{{Quote without source|date=February 2023}}.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0056960|title=The Cracksman}}

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[[Category:Films scored by Ron Goodwin]]
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