Make Mine Mink


Make Mine Mink is a 1960 British comedy farce film directed by Robert Asher and featuring TerryThomas, Athene Seyler, Hattie Jacques and Billie Whitelaw. The screenplay concerns a group of eccentric misfits who go on a spree, stealing mink coats for charity in a Robin Hoodstyle gang. It was based on the play Breath of Spring by Peter Coke, and its sequels.

Their attempt to rob Madame Spolinskis boutique goes somewhat awry, due to Pinkies ineptitude, but they still manage to get away with a fur coat. However, they have not considered how to dispose of their loot. The Major, pretending he is writing a book on delinquency, gets Lily to direct him to a shady cafe in Limehouse in search of a fence. It turns out that Lily is behind the times it is now run by the Salvation Army. Meanwhile, they have to hide their activities from Lily, who is now dating policeman Jim Benham.When they catch a burglar hiding under Pinkies bed, they agree to let him go on condition that he direct them to a fence. Dame Beatrice goes to make contact with the fence, only to discover, to her chagrin, that it is her own nephew Freddie. The 550 he pays her goes to an orphanage in dire straits. The quartet then go on a burglary spree. Their amateurish escapades become widely reported in the newspapers, one of which calls them superannuated Beatniks. On more than one occasion, they narrowly evade capture. ........

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