{{short description|1951 film by Alexander Mackendrick}} | director = [[w:Alexander Mackendrick|Alexander Mackendrick]]

{{short description|1955 crime comedy film directed by Alexander Mackendrick}} | caption = Original film poster by [[Reginald Mount]]<ref name="TNA">{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalarchive

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| caption = UK film poster by [[Tom Eckersley]] | director = [[Alexander Mackendrick]]

...e]] and [[w:black comedy|black humour]] were major features of many of his films, and his performances had a strong influence on a number of later comedians Sellers was two weeks old when he was carried on stage by [[Dick Henderson]], the headline act at the [[w:Kings Theatre, Southsea|Kin