Ma douce tigresse

Original title: Crooks Anonymous

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Infamous thief attempts reformation through 12-step program led by former criminal to marry girlfriend. His job as department store Santa tests his resolve for change.Infamous thief attempts reformation through 12-step program led by former criminal to marry girlfriend. His job as department store Santa tests his resolve for change.Infamous thief attempts reformation through 12-step program led by former criminal to marry girlfriend. His job as department store Santa tests his resolve for change.

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6.2/10

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Trivia
Film debut of Julie Christie.

Goofs
When Fosdyke (Leslie Phillips) is left alone after being taken to Manderville Hall he falls into the trap of opening a safe behind a picture. In the first shot he is suddenly interrupted by Senior Brother (Wilfrid Hyde-White) and closes the picture over the safe, but when it is reopened the handle is at right angles to where it was before.

Quotes
Babette La Verne: Show me one thing. Just one thing in this room that you've come by honestly.
Dandy Forsdyke: [He looks and looks and, after some difficulty, takes a frame from the mantle which has a photograph of Babette] Well, um, Well, there must be something. What about this, eh?
[And then he explains]
Dandy Forsdyke: The picture, I mean. Not - not the frame.
Babette La Verne: [Tearfully] Even the camera you took it with was stolen.

Connections
References The Yogi Bear Show (1961)

Soundtracks
I Must Resist Temptation
(uncredited)
Music by George Martin and Muir Mathieson
Lyrics by Brian Innes
Sung by Leslie Phillips
[Played during opening title card and credits]

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6/10

Will You Take A Look At Julie Christie!

Stripper Julie Christie tells Leslie Phillips it's over unless he reforms. He finds CROOKS ANONYMOUS is the organization to help him tread the straight and narrow. However, can they do the same under his influence?

The usual suspects show up, including Wilfred Hyde-White as the head of the reforming organization, James Robertson Justice as the obnoxious head of a department store on Christmas eve and Stanley Baxter as a Dwight Frye sort of master of disguise. Ken Annakin's comedy is rather brittle, but all the parts work.

The movie is Julie Christie's film debut, and the camera, under the supervision of Ernest Steward, clearly lusts for her. No matter where she is in the shot, it seems lit to feature her liberally visible body.... or perhaps it's just me. The early 1960s was a time when ogling but (barely) censor-compliant comedies seemed to be the only thing keeping the British film industry afloat. As the only young woman in sight, Miss Christie was the obvious choice for rubbernecking.Nonetheless, it's clear that the camera loves her.