Overview
While posters urge austerity and vigilance in wartime Britain, 'Joey Boy' Thompson has never had it better. In a cellar beneath his East London fish shop, a gambling club thrives – and austerity provides a nice black-market sideline. But the dolce vita crumbles when police arrive in a lightning raid, and offer Joey and his fellow reprobates a stark choice: sign up for active service, or face another stint inside. Thus the lads find themselves heading off to Italy, determined to make the best of it...
Cast
- Harry H. Corbett as Joey Boy Thompson
- Stanley Baxter as Benny 'The Kid' Lindowski
- Bill Fraser as Sergeant Major Dobbs
- Reg Varney as Rabbit Malone
- Lance Percival as Clarence Doubleday
- John Harvey as Signals officer
- Wanda Ventham as Italian Girl
- Freddie Mills as Sergeant
- Percy Herbert as Mad George Long
- Moira Lister as Lady Thameridge