Joey Boy

Release Date: 1965-01-01

Overview: While posters urge austerity and vigilance in wartime Britain, 'Joey Boy' Thompson has never had it better. In a cellar beneath his East London fish shop, a gambling club thrives – and austerity provides a nice black-market sideline. But the dolce vita crumbles when police arrive in a lightning raid, and offer Joey and his fellow reprobates a stark choice: sign up for active service, or face another stint inside. Thus the lads find themselves heading off to Italy, determined to make the best of it...

Rating: 5.8 / 10

Cast

Harry H. Corbett

as Joey Boy Thompson

Stanley Baxter

as Benny 'The Kid' Lindowski

Bill Fraser

as Sergeant Major Dobbs

Reg Varney

as Rabbit Malone

Lance Percival

as Clarence Doubleday