'Black Adam': Superhero Action, but Weak Story Shazam
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Make Mine Mink (1960)
In a mansion block in Knightsbridge, a gang of middle-aged biddies decide to brighten up "the dullness of the tea time of life" by staging a series of robberies on furriers, then donating the proceeds to charitable concerns. Terry Thomas as a retired army officer leads the gang, which includes Athene Seyler and Hattie Jacques, on a series of capers that nearly go awry when their maid, Billie Whitelaw, an ex-con and also a resident of the block, falls for a police officer.
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In a mansion block in Knightsbridge, a gang of middle-aged biddies decide to brighten up "the dullness of the tea time of life" by staging a series of robberies on furriers, then donating the proceeds to charitable concerns. Terry Thomas as a retired army officer leads the gang, which includes Athene Seyler and Hattie Jacques, on a series of capers that nearly go awry when their maid, Billie Whitelaw, an ex-con and also a resident of the block, falls for a police officer.
Rating:NR
Genre:Comedy
Written By:Peter Blackmore, Peter Coke, Michael Pertwee
In Theaters:12/19/1960
Box Office:
Runtime:101 minutes
Studio:The Rank Organisation
Cast
Robert Asher
Director
Terry-Thomas
Major Albert Rayne
Athene Seyler
Dame Beatrice Appleby
Hattie Jacques
Nanette Parry
Billie Whitelaw
Lily
Elspeth Duxbury
Elizabeth "Pinkie" Pinkerton
Jack Hedley
Jim Benham
Raymond Huntley
Inspector Pape
Freddie Frinton
Drunk
Kenneth Williams
Hon. Freddie Warrington
Irene Handl
Madame Spolinski
Penny Morrell
Gertrude
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