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| director = [[Gerald Thomas]] | | director = [[Gerald Thomas]] | ||
| producer = {{ubl|[[Frank Bevis]]|[[Peter Rogers]]}} | | producer = {{ubl|[[w:Frank Bevis|Frank Bevis]]|[[Peter Rogers]]}} | ||
| writer = {{ubl|[[John Antrobus]]|[[Talbot Rothwell]]}} | | writer = {{ubl|[[John Antrobus]]|[[Talbot Rothwell]]}} | ||
| starring = {{ubl|[[Sid James]]|[[Dick Emery]]|[[Joan Sims]]|[[Sylvia Syms]]|[[Jim Dale]]|[[Lance Percival]]|[[Edina Ronay]]}} | | starring = {{ubl|[[Sid James]]|[[Dick Emery]]|[[Joan Sims]]|[[w:Sylvia Syms|Sylvia Syms]]|[[w:Jim Dale|Jim Dale]]|[[Lance Percival]]|[[w:Edina Ronay|Edina Ronay]]}} | ||
| music = [[Eric Rogers (composer)|Eric Rogers]] | | music = [[w:Eric Rogers (composer)|Eric Rogers]] | ||
| cinematography = [[Alan Hume]] | | cinematography = [[w:Alan Hume|Alan Hume]] | ||
| editing = Rod Nelson-Keys | | editing = Rod Nelson-Keys | ||
| studio = {{ubl|Peter Rogers Productions|[[Anglo-Amalgamated]]}} | | studio = {{ubl|Peter Rogers Productions|[[w:Anglo-Amalgamated|Anglo-Amalgamated]]}} | ||
| distributor = [[Warner Bros.|Warner]]-[[Pathé|Pathé Distributors]] | | distributor = [[w:Warner Bros.|Warner]]-[[w:Pathé|Pathé Distributors]] | ||
| released = 5 October 1965 | | released = 5 October 1965 | ||
| runtime = 85 minutes | | runtime = 85 minutes | ||
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'''''The Big Job''''' is a 1965 British [[comedy film]]. It starred [[Sid James]], [[Dick Emery]], [[Joan Sims]], [[Sylvia Syms]], [[Jim Dale]] and [[Lance Percival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/film/the_big_job/ |title=The Big Job |work=British Comedy Guide |access-date=10 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nostalgiacentral.com/movies/movies-by-decade/movies-1960s/big-job-1965/ |title=The Big Job |work=Nostalgia Central |access-date=10 June 2022}}</ref> | '''''The Big Job''''' is a 1965 British [[w:comedy film|comedy film]]. It starred [[Sid James]], [[Dick Emery]], [[Joan Sims]], [[w:Sylvia Syms|Sylvia Syms]], [[w:Jim Dale|Jim Dale]] and [[Lance Percival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/film/the_big_job/ |title=The Big Job |work=British Comedy Guide |access-date=10 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nostalgiacentral.com/movies/movies-by-decade/movies-1960s/big-job-1965/ |title=The Big Job |work=Nostalgia Central |access-date=10 June 2022}}</ref> | ||
''The Big Job'' shared its cast and production team with the ''[[Carry On (franchise)|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.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058969/ The Big Job at IMDb] Retrieved 25 January 2014.</ref> | ''The Big Job'' shared its cast and production team with the ''[[Carry On (franchise)|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.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058969/ The Big Job at IMDb] Retrieved 25 January 2014.</ref> | ||
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| The Big Job | |
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.jpg) UK theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Gerald Thomas |
| Written by | |
| Produced by | |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Alan Hume |
| Edited by | Rod Nelson-Keys |
| Music by | Eric Rogers |
Production companies |
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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 London in 1950. A gang of robbers led by the self-proclaimed George "The Great" Brain rob a bank, stealing £50,000. They choose a hearse as a getaway vehicle and are pursued and caught by the police. However, before being caught they manage to conceal the money (which is in a briefcase) in the trunk of a hollow tree, before all three are arrested. The gang are sentenced to serve fifteen years in Wormwood Scrubs prison.
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 new town, and a housing estate has been built around the tree. They are dismayed that the tree now lies in the grounds of the local police station - but it is invitingly close to the boundary wall. George and his gang take up rooms in a nearby house rented from a widow and her daughter who also live there. They rent two double rooms on the first floor. In order to provide a respectable front, George reluctantly agrees to marry his longtime girlfriend Myrtle Robbins who is not so enamoured about the idea of recovering the loot and wants George to settle down with her.
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 Pinewood Studios, with exteriors at Silver Hill, Chalfont St Giles (the bank), Fulmer and Bracknell (residential and town streets) and Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire (countryside).[5]
See also
- Blue Streak, a 1999 film with a similar plot
References
- ^ "The Big Job". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
- ^ "The Big Job". Nostalgia Central. 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.
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- 1960s crime comedy films
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