Overview
Dickie Dreadnought is the boxing-mad nephew of pious clergyman Reverend Sydney Mullet. To mollify his disapproving uncle, Dickie embarks on an elaborate plan to keep his budding boxing career a secret, with he and his tough-talking promoter Wally Burton both pretending to be devout 'men of the cloth'.
Director and cast
- George Pollock Director
- Brian Rix as Dickie 'Dreadnought' Marchant
- William Hartnell as Walter 'Wally' Burton
- Tommy Cooper as Horace Hawkins
- Vera Day as Cynthia Tripp
- Sidney James as Sammy Gatt (as Sidney James)
- Tony Wright as Percy Gibbons
- Leo Franklyn as Rev. Sydney Mullet
- John Robinson as Archdeacon Pomphret
- Renée Houston as Mildred Pomphret
- Arthur Mullard Cast
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