car. The day comes for Murdoch's driving test. Freddie has set him up with a 'bent' examiner, but Murdoch draws the 'wrong' examiner. As the test comes to an end (and the examiner is almost certainly going to fail Murdoch), the car is commandeered by police to chase a Jaguar car driven by escaping bank robbers. The high speed chase takes them through town and country, across a golf course (leaving in its wake, a trail of disasters) and eventually the robbers are caught. The now furious examiner says that Murdoch not only fails but is "banned for life", but Chingford pooh-poohs this. Rather, he so admires Murdoch's driving skill that he will allow the couple to get engaged. The film features cameos and performances by many well-known comedy and character actors, including Dick Emery as a car salesman, Clive Dunn, Gerald Campion, Frankie Howerd, Bernard Cribbins, Bill Fraser, 'Monsewer' Eddie Gray and Fred Emney. A racing sequence also features brief appearances by drivers John Surtees and Graham Hill, along with Raymond Baxter and celebrated automotive journalist John Bolster. The Car The Fast Lady is a 1927 Bentley 4.5-litre Red Label Speed model with Vanden Plas short chassis fabric body, registration number TU5987. It was sold by a specialist dealer in 2010. Cast James Robertson Justice as Charles Chingford Leslie Phillips as Freddie Fox Stanley Baxter as Murdoch Troon Kathleen Harrison as Mrs Staggers Julie Christie as Claire Chingford Eric Barker as Wentworth, driving instructor Oliver Johnston as Bulmer Allan Cuthbertson as Bodley, driving examiner Heidi Erich as Grunhilde, one of Freddie's girlfriends (at the beach) Esma Cannon as Lady on Zebra Crossing Dick Emery as Shingler, Freddie's boss Deryck Guyler as Doctor Blake the police doctor Victor Brooks as Policeman Terence Alexander as Policeman on Motorcycle Trevor Reid as Examiner Frankie Howerd as Road Workman in Hole Bernard Cribbins as man on stretcher Clive Dunn as old man in burning house Bill Fraser as a golfer (uncredited) Cameos by Graham Hill, John Surtees, Raymond Baxter and Dickie Davies in race scene in Murdoch's dream Reception It was one of the 12 most popular films at the British box office in 1963. Critical Variety wrote "A thin idea is pumped up into a reasonably brisk, amusing situation comedy, which is helped by a cast of experienced farceurs. In dialog, the pic is short on wit but there is enough slapstick