It's the off-season at the lonely Beauregard Hotel in Bournemoth, and only the long-term tenants are still in residence. Life is stirred up, however, when the beautiful Ann Shankland arrives to see her alcoholic ex-husband, John Malcolm, who is secretly engaged to Pat Cooper, the woman who runs the hotel. Meanwhile, snobbish Mrs Railton-Bell discovers that the kindly if rather doddering Major Pollock, played by David Niven, who won an Oscar for his performance, a retired officer who likes to find out more...

Classic Ealing caper with Guinness in fine form as a timid and retiring bank clerk who has the perfect plan to rob the Bank of England of a fortune in gold bullion. Delightful nostalgic comedy, including a cameo from the (then) unknown Audrey Hepburn. find out more...