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Band of Thieves is a 1962 British musical film directed by Peter Bezencenet and starring Acker Bilk, Geoffrey Sumner and Jennifer Jayne. It was produced as a second feature in an attempt to cash in on the Trad jazz craze. It was shot at Pinewood Studios, with cinematography by Nicolas Roeg.
With Acker Bilk, Colin Smith, Jonathan Mortimer, Ronald McKay. Acker Bilk leads a prison jazz band. They are released and perform concerts, but soon return to crime and go back to prison, pleasing the jazz-loving governor who wanted their music to continue.
- (97)
- Crime, Musical
- Peter Bezencenet
- 1962-08-30
A group of prisoners are encouraged to form a jazz band and vow to go straight when they are released to tour the country. However, the trumpets and clarinets are just a cover for a series of robberies. Musical comedy, starring British jazz star Acker Bilk as himself, alongside Jimmy Thompson and Jennifer Jayne.
Band of Thieves (1962) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Band of Thieves (1962) Seven of the prisoners at Gaunstone Gaol have been encouraged to take up Trad jazz by a music-mad governor and have formed a jazz band fronted by Acker Bilk. The Duchess of Hartlepool – a prison reform official – arranges for the band to go on tour.
Jazz musician Acker Bilk plays himself in this cinematic jam session of music, melodrama, and low comedy. The film's title is literal: the plot involves a jazz band comprised of ex-convicts. Once released, they supposedly go straight, taking their show on the road.
A group of prisoners are encouraged to form a jazz band and vow to go straight when they are released to tour the country. However, the trumpets and clarinets are just a cover for a series of robberies.
