The Night We Got the Bird

4.5

78 minutes

11/3/1960

Overview

Good natured comic caper charting the misadventures of a hapless bunch of Brighton based petty crooks dogged with disaster at every turn.

Cast List

Brian Rix
as Bertie Skidmore
Dora Bryan
as Julie Skidmore
Ronald Shiner
as Cecil Gibson
Leo Franklyn
as Victor
Irene Handl
as Ma
Liz Fraser
as Fay
Reginald Beckwith
as "Chippendale" Charlie Trust
Robertson Hare
as Dr. Vincent
John Le Mesurier
as Clerk of the Court
Terry Scott
as P.C. Lovejoy
Wally Patch
as Ticket Collector
Kynaston Reeves
as Mr. W.D. Warre-Monger
Basil Lord
as Bus Conductor
Vincent Harding
as Ben
John Slater
as Wolfie Green
Denis Shaw
as Wolfie's Stooge
Ray Cooney
as Man with Cartwheel
Gerald Cross
as Uncle Arthur
Vera Pearce
as Auntie
Grace Denbeigh-Russell
as Auntie
Jennifer Phipps
as Mrs. Jackson
Gilbert Harrison
as Clerk of the Court
Thomas Muschamp
as RSPCA Official
Penelope Honor
as Girl in Aviary
Tony Hilton
as Passer-by
Merylin Roberts
as Girl in Punt
Toby Perkins
as Young Man
Henry B. Longhurst
as Vicar
Hazel Douglas
as Bespectacled Lady
Frank Atkinson
as Bald-Headed Man
Beryl Ede
as Bald-Headed Man's Wife
Geoffrey Colville
as Curate
Charles Cameron
as Military Gentleman
Elspet Gray
as Woman with Dog
June Broughton
as Lady in Marquee
Roberta Tone
as Little Girl
Lionel Ngakane
as Porter
Hubert Cross
as Manservant
Wynne Clark
as Miss Hawkesworth
Sheila Mercier
as School Mistress
William Baskiville
as Police Officer in Courtroom (uncredited)
Arnold Bell
as Vice Admiral (uncredited)
Jim Brady
as Man Pushing Four-Poster Bed (uncredited)
Ernest Fennemore
as Police Officer Escorting Bertie (uncredited)
Carole Ann Ford
as Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Bob Head
as Man in Court (uncredited)
Ruth Lee
as Cute Girl (uncredited)
Charles Rayford
as Station Porter (uncredited)
Hilary Sesta
as Dreamy Girl (uncredited)
Pauline Shepherd
as Girl (uncredited)