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Directed by
Sidney Gilliat 
Frank Launder 
 
Writing credits
Frank Launder (original story) &
Sidney Gilliat (original story) &
Leslie Gilliat (original story)

Frank Launder (screenplay) &
Ivor Herbert (screenplay)

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete
Frankie Howerd ... Alphonse of Monte Carlo / Alfred Askett
Dora Bryan ... Amber Spottiswood
George Cole ... 'Flash' Harry
Reg Varney ... Gilbert
Raymond Huntley ... Sir Horace, the Minister
Richard Wattis ... Manton Bassett
Portland Mason ... Georgina
Terry Scott ... Policeman
Eric Barker ... Culpepper Brown
Godfrey Winn ... Truelove
Colin Gordon ... Noakes
Desmond Walter-Ellis ... Leonard Edwards (as Desmond Walter Ellis)
Arthur Mullard ... Big Jim

Norman Mitchell ... William (Willy the Jelly-Man)
Cyril Chamberlain ... Maxie
Larry Martyn ... Chips
Leon Thau ... Pakistani Porter
Maureen Crombie ... Marcia Askett
Barbara Couper ... Mabel Radnage
Elspeth Duxbury ... Veronica Bledlow
Carole Ann Ford ... Albertine
Margaret Nolan ... Susie Naphill
Maggie Rennie ... Magda O'Riley (as Maggie McGrath)
Jean St. Clair ... Drunken Dolly
Lisa Lee ... Miss Brenner
Peter Gilmore ... Butters
Michael Ripper ... The Liftman
George Benson ... Gore-Blackwood
Meredith Edwards ... Chairman
Jeremy Clyde ... Monty

Aubrey Morris ... Hutch
William Kendall ... Mr. Parker
Edwina Coven ... Dr. Judd
Philip Buchel ... Tango Dancer
Betty Buchel ... Tango Dancer
Stratford Johns ... The Voice (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ingrid Boulting ... Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Sally-Jane Spencer ... Schoolgirl (uncredited)
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Produced by
Leslie Gilliat .... producer
 
Original Music by
Malcolm Arnold 
 
Cinematography by
Ken Hodges (director of photography) (as Kenneth Hodges)
 
Film Editing by
Geoffrey Foot 
 
Art Direction by
Albert Witherick 
 
Makeup Department
Gladys Leakey .... hairdressing
Philip Leakey .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Eddie Pike .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Peter Price .... assistant director
Anthony Waye .... assistant director
Brian W. Cook .... second assistant director (uncredited)
Robert Simmonds .... third assistant director (uncredited)
 
Art Department
William Alexander .... assistant art director (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Bob Jones .... sound recordist
Cecil Mason .... sound recordist
Jim Shields .... dubbing editor (as James Shields)
Noreen Ackland .... assistant dubbing editor (uncredited)
Des Edwards .... sound camera operator (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Dudley Lovell .... camera operator
Bert Mason .... additional photographer
Herbert Smith .... camera operator
Ken Coles .... focus puller: second unit (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dora Lloyd .... wardrobe
Honoria Plesch .... costumes
 
Music Department
Malcolm Arnold .... conductor
 
Other crew
Betty Buchel .... choreographer: the tango
Philip Buchel .... choreographer: the tango
Sidney Gilliat .... presenter
Frank Launder .... presenter
Ronald Searle .... title designer (uncredited)
Eve Wilson .... continuity: second unit (uncredited)
 
Crew believed to be complete

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