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"They're having such a wonderful crime!"
When practicing for a role, actor Jack is mistaken for the killer Ace. He doesn't realize this until it's too late and is carried off to gangster boss Leo Smooth, who wants Ace to do a job for him. Fearing for his life, Jack plays his role, but always searching for a way out of the well-guarded house.
24 Cast Members
Dick Van Dyke
Jack Albany
Edward G. Robinson
Leo Joseph Smooth
Dorothy Provine
Sally Inwood
Henry Silva
Frank Boley
Tony Bill
Florian
Slim Pickens
Cowboy Schaeffer
Jack Elam
Ace Williams
Ned Glass
Rinzy Tobreski
Richard Bakalyan
Bobby Macoon
Mickey Shaughnessy
Francis
Philip Coolidge
Fingers Felton
James Millhollin
Museum Director
Joanna Moore
Melanie Smooth
Leon Alton
Exhibit Guest (uncredited)
Anthony Caruso
Tony Preston (uncredited)
John Cliff
Museum Guard (uncredited)
Russ Conway
Police Capt. Jacoby (uncredited)
John Dennis
Second Museum Guard (uncredited)
Ken Lynch
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Jerry Paris
Police Photographer (uncredited)
