Dickie Dreadnought is the boxing-mad nephew of pious clergyman Reverend Sydney Mullet. To mollify his disapproving uncle, Dickie embarks on an elaborate plan to keep his budding boxing career a secret, with he and his tough-talking promoter Wally Burton both pretending to be devout 'men of the cloth'.

• Monarch Productions Limited
• Brian Rix
• William Hartnell
• Tommy Cooper
• Vera Day
• Sidney James
• Tony Wright
• Leo Franklyn
• John Robinson