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"Small-time crook Jimmy Hands fears his luck may have run out. After a botched bank robbery, Jimmy finds himself in prison. But his fortune turns when the warden asks Jimmy to recruit prisoners to act in a musical he's written and plans to stage. Realizing this offers the possibility of a perfect escape route, Jimmy and his cast run the risk of being caught in both the stage's spotlights and the prison's searchlights."@en
"In order to stage a daring escape attempt, various loveable old cons sign up to take part in the musical version of the life of Nelson that their theatre-crazy warden is planning. Moderately successful British comedy from the director of "The Full Monty"."@en
"Small-time crook Jimmy Hands is serving a 12-year sentence after a botched bank robbery. His fortunes turn when the warden, an amateur playwright, asks Jimmy to recruit prisoners to act in a musical he's written, to be performed in the prison's chapel. Realising that the chapel offers the perfect escape route, Jimmy throws himself into the job. But when the warden casts Jimmy as the leading man opposite the prison's beautiful psychologist, Jimmy's plan is threatened."
"Carcere di Long Rudford. I detenuti hanno deciso di mettere in scena uno spettacolo. Costumi, parrucche, lezioni di ballo impegnano il loro tempo. La Trasformazione in attori scalcinati è legata all'interessante possibilità di organizzare un'evasione in piena regola. Ma nasce l'amore tra uno degli aspiranti alla fuga, Jimmy, e una funzionaria della prigione. Come andrà a finire? (Mymovies)."@it
"Small-time crook Jimmy Hands fears his luck may have run out. After a botched bank robbery, Jimmy finds himself in prison. But his fortune turns when the warden asks Jimmy to recruit prisoners to act in a musical he's written and plans to stage. Realizing this offers the possibility of a perfect escape route, Jimmy and his cast run the risk of being caught in both the stage's spotlights and the prison's searchlights, and, there's an attractive social worker to look out for."@en
""Half-way through his 12-year prison sentence for an incompetent armed robbery, Jimmy Hands gets a lucky break: he's transferred to a prison from which he can probably escape. He convinces the governor to stage a musical in an old chapel next to the prison's outer wall. He rounds up volunteer actors and puts his escape plan into production. Two other barriers, besides the wall, confront him: the arrival of a nasty inmate, John Toombes, who insists on joining the escape; and Jimmy's feelings of attraction for Anabel, a social worker who agrees to appear in the play"--Internet movie database summary, April 21, 2003."@en