Penniless Lord Whitebait's plan to save his sinking fortunes is to open stately Whitebait Manor to the public. But the public ignores his gesture, and his fortunes fade even further, with a stream of debts threatening to run into a deluge when his daughter's fiancé demands a plush and costly wedding. Where is the cash to come from? Whitebait and his servant Spankforth's answer is a scam involving the theft of a valuable painting from the Manor. How could such a cunningly original ruse fail?

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Cast

Brian Rix

Wilfred Sapling

Naunton Wayne

Lord Whitebait

Charles Heslop

Spankworth

Ann Firbank

Lady Katherine

John Slater

Warder Lockitt

Vera Pearce

Lady Millicent

Alexander Gauge

Policeman

Jack Watling

Peter Brewster

Irene Handl

Elsie

Bernard Cribbins

Newspaperman

Wally Patch

Newspaperman

Wilfrid Lawson

Albert