
"On active Self-Service!"
While posters urge austerity and vigilance in wartime Britain, 'Joey Boy' Thompson has never had it better. In a cellar beneath his East London fish shop, a gambling club thrives – and austerity provides a nice black-market sideline. But the dolce vita crumbles when police arrive in a lightning raid, and offer Joey and his fellow reprobates a stark choice: sign up for active service, or face another stint inside. Thus the lads find themselves heading off to Italy, determined to make the best of it...
Joey Boy Thompson

Benny 'The Kid' Lindowski

Sergeant Major Dobbs

Rabbit Malone

Clarence Doubleday

Signals officer

Italian Girl

Sergeant

Mad George Long

Lady Thameridge

Lt Hope

Col. Grant

Antonio

Insp. Morgan

Tom Hobson
