Strictly Confidential is a 1959 British second feature ('B') comedy film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Richard Murdoch, William Kendall, Maya Koumani and Neil Hallett. The screenplay was by Brock Williams. Two con-men, recently released from prison, are enlisted by a widow to help her recover control of her late husband's business.
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Plot
Released from prison, two genteel con-men, former Commander Binham-Ryley and former Major Rory McQuarry, target a beautiful and wealthy young widow who hires them to run her factory. What the crooks fail to realise is that Maxine Millard has devious schemes of her own in mind.
Cast
Richard Murdoch as Commander Binham-Ryley
William Kendall as Major Rory McQuarry
Maya Koumani as Maxine Millard
Neil Hallett as Basil Wantage
Bruce Seton as Inspector Shearing
Ellis Irving as Captain Sharples
Larry Burns as barman
Llewellyn Rees as Mellinger
William Hartnell as Grimshaw
Critical reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A cheap and shoddy little farce in a long outmoded tradition. Vulgar double-entendres take the place of wit and the actors struggle helplessly against impossible odds. "