The Cracksman

The Cracksman
Directed by	Peter Graham Scott
Produced by	W. A. Whittaker
Starring	Charlie Drake; Nyree Dawn Porter; George Sanders; Dennis Price
Music by	Ron Goodwin
Cinematography	Harry Waxman
Edited by	Richard Best
Production; company	Associated British Picture Corporation
Distributed by	Warner-Pathé Distributors
Release date	1963;
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Cracksman is a 1963 British comedy film directed by Peter Graham Scott.[1][2][3]

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 police woman Muriel, he helps trap the crooks and clear his name.

Portions of the film satirise the 1962 films Birdman of Alcatraz and Dr. No, Drake's hit song My Boomerang Won't Come Back, and the 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 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 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
Richard 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".

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References

The New York Times
Variety
Personal letter from Delia Derbyshire to Associated British Picture Corporation, dated 25 April 1963.

External links

The Cracksman on IMDb

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[1] The New York Times

[2] Variety

[3] Personal letter from Delia Derbyshire to Associated British Picture Corporation, dated 25 April 1963.