Classic Boulting Brothers satirical comedy starring Ian Carmichael and Peter Sellers. After he is given a factory job by his conniving uncle, young Stanley Windrush's ignorance of industrial relations brings him into confrontation with shop steward Fred Kite.
The Boulting Brothers' sparkling comedy of industrial manners reunites many of the cast of their 1956 national service classic Private's Progress. The scene this time is a factory where Dennis Price and Richard Attenborough are once more knee-deep in shady dealings and in need of naive Ian Carmichael to unwittingly carry them through. Terry-Thomas also returns from the earlier film, this time playing the personnel manager driven to distraction by Carmichael's incompetence. But stealing the entire show is Peter Sellers as the union official chained to the rule book, whose faith in communism is inspired by thoughts of "all them cornfields and ballet in the evenings".
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Stanley Windrush | Ian Carmichael |
| Fred Kite | Peter Sellers |
| Major Hitchcock | Terry-Thomas |
| Sidney de Vere Cox | Richard Attenborough |
| Bertram Tracepurcel | Dennis Price |
| Aunt Dolly | Margaret Rutherford |
| Mrs Kite | Irene Handl |
| Cynthia Kite | Liz Fraser |
| Windrush Sr | Miles Malleson |
| Mr Mohammed | Marne Maitland |
| Waters | John Le Mesurier |
| Magistrate | Raymond Huntley |
| TV panel chairman | Malcolm Muggeridge |
| Dai | Kenneth Griffith |
| Perce Carter | Donal Donnelly |
| Crawley | Terry Scott |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | John Boulting |
