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. Opening night approaches: is this Jimmy's breakout performance?
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James Nesbitt as James 'Jimmy' Hands
Olivia Williams as Annabel
Timothy Spall as Cliff
Christopher Plummer as Graham Mortimer
Bill Nighy as Roger
Lennie James as Rudy
Ron Cook as Perry
Peter Wight as George Barratt
Celia Imrie as Amy
Raymond Waring as Darren
John Pierce Jones as Mad Lenny
Peter McNamara as Ward
Ram John Holder as Old Billy Morris
Julian Barratt as Paul Dean
Frank Harper as John Toombes
Desmond McNamara as Arthur
Andy Linden as Kenny
Annette Bentley as Julie Gumbell
William Howe as Ritchie Gumbell
Ofo Uhiara as Wayne Wayne
Brian Abbott as Phillips
Georgie Glen as Audience Member
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