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Crooks in Cloisters is a British film of genre Comedy with Ronald Fraser
Crooks in Cloisters (1964)
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Add to a movie listCrooks in Cloisters is a 1964 British comedy which features Ronald Fraser as 'Little Walter', the leader of a gang of forgers, including Bernard Cribbins as 'Squirts', Melvyn Hayes as 'Willy', Grégoire Aslan as 'Lorenzo', and Davy Kaye as 'Specs'.
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After pulling off a small train robbery, 'Little Walter' and his gang are forced to hide out on a remote Cornish island in an abandoned monastery, disguised as monks. With them comes 'Bikini' (Barbara Windsor), Walter's girlfriend, who is given the job of cook to the group, despite never having cooked in her life. After a few initial setbacks, they slowly adjust to their new contemplative life of tending animals and crops, surviving the added tribulations of visits by a group of tourists and two of the real monks who had been forced to sell the monastery after falling on hard times, including Brother Lucius (Corin Redgrave).Actors
Ronald Fraser
(Walter Dodd)
Barbara Windsor
("Brother" Bikini)
Corin Redgrave
(Brother Lucius)
Bernard Cribbins
(Squirts McGinty)
Francesca Annis
(June)
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