
105 minutes
8/18/1959
Naive Stanley Windrush looks for a career in a family business. Much to his dismay, he finds work at a munitions factory where he has to start from the bottom, while both the management and the labor union use him as a tool in their fight for power.

Peter Sellers
as Fred Kite / Sir John Kennaway

Ian Carmichael
as Stanley Windrush

Terry-Thomas
as Major Hitchcock

Richard Attenborough
as Sidney De Vere Cox

Dennis Price
as Bertram Tracepurcel

Margaret Rutherford
as Aunt Dolly

Irene Handl
as Mrs. Kite

Liz Fraser
as Cynthia Kite

Miles Malleson
as Windrush Sr., Stanley's father

Marne Maitland
as Mr. Mohammed

John Le Mesurier
as Waters

Raymond Huntley
as Magistrate

Victor Maddern
as Knowles

Kenneth Griffith
as Dai

Fred Griffiths
as Charlie

Donal Donnelly
as Perce Carter

Sam Kydd
as Shop Steward

John Comer
as Shop Steward
Tony Comer
as Shop Steward

Cardew Robinson
as Shop Steward
Bruce Wightman
as Shop Steward
Bill Rayment
as Shop Steward

Marianne Stone
as TV Receptionist

Terry Scott
as Crawley

Ronnie Stevens
as Hooper

Martin Boddey
as Num Yum's Executive

Brian Oulton
as Appts. Board Examiner
Malcolm Muggeridge
as Himself, TV Panel Chairman

John Glyn-Jones
as Detto Executive
Pauline Winter
as Miss Forsydke

Maurice Colbourne
as Missiles Director
Jeremy White
as Young Chemist
Robin Ray
as Young Chemist

Michael Bates
as Bootle

John Van Eyssen
as Reporter
Robert Bruce
as Reporter

Michael Ward
as Reporter

Stringer Davis
as Reporter
Arthur Skinner
as Photographer

William Dexter
as Photographer
Eynon Evans
as Truscott

Esma Cannon
as Spencer
Robert S. Young
as Owens
Roy Purcell
as Police Inspector
Marion Shaw
as Tea Girl
Wally Patch
as Workman
Alun Owen
as TV Producer
Muriel Young
as Herself, TV Announcer
Frank Phillips
as TV Announcer

Ian Wilson
as Evangelist

Margaret Lacey
as Empire Loyalist
George Selway
as Union Jack Workman

David Lodge
as Card Player
Keith Smith
as Card Player

Kenneth J. Warren
as Card Player

Basil Dignam
as Minister of Labour

Harry Locke
as Trade Union Official
John Adams
as Constable (uncredited)
Chris Adcock
as Actor (uncredited)
Jack Armstrong
as Man in Court (uncredited)
Jack Berg
as Factory Worker (uncredited)
Nigel Bernard
as Studio Floor Manager (uncredited)

Jim Brady
as Missiles Worker (uncredited)
Fay Bura
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Alf Casha
as Man in Court (uncredited)
Jimmy Charters
as Missiles Worker (uncredited)
E. V. H. Emmett
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Mabel Etherington
as Empire Loyalist (uncredited)
Chick Fowles
as Solicitor (uncredited)
Tex Fuller
as Factory Worker (uncredited)

Bob Grant
as Card Player (uncredited)
Hilda Green
as Nudist (uncredited)
Dave Griffiths
as Factory Worker (uncredited)
Victor Harrington
as Reporter (uncredited)
George Hilsdon
as Reporter (uncredited)
Lindsay Hooper
as Downing Street Butler (uncredited)
Billy John
as Factoy Worker (uncredited)
Gertrude Kaye
as Empire Loyalist (uncredited)
Frederick Kelsey
as Clerk of Court (uncredited)
Juba Kennerley
as Empire Loyalist (uncredited)
Julie La Rousse
as Tennis Player (uncredited)

John Leyton
as Recruit to Detto (uncredited)
Dickey Luck
as Factory Worker/Lorry Driver (uncredited)
Jack Mandeville
as Solicitor (uncredited)
Vicky Marshall
as Tea Girl (uncredited)
Colin McKenzie
as Reporter (uncredited)
Jimmy Millar
as Missiles Worker (uncredited)
Cecil Paul
as Reporter (uncredited)
Geremy Phillips
as Youth (uncredited)
Harry Phipps
as Missiles Worker (uncredited)
Bob Raymond
as Factory Worker (uncredited)
Ernie Rice
as Missiles Worker (uncredited)
Johnny Rossi
as Actor (uncredited)
Pat Ryan
as Reporter (uncredited)
Jack Sharp
as Official (uncredited)

Sheila Sim
as Visitor (uncredited)
Stan Simmonds
as Factory Worker (uncredited)
Tony Spears
as Reporter (uncredited)
George Spence
as Missiles Worker (uncredited)
Philip Stewart
as Solicitor (uncredited)
Fred Stroud
as Reporter (uncredited)
Joseph Tregonino
as Empire Loyalist (uncredited)
Robert Vossler
as Policeman (uncredited)
Billy Wilmot
as Missiles Worker (uncredited)
Bob Wright
as Reporter (uncredited)
Paula Wright
as Nudist (uncredited)