Synopsis

Dick Whittington is obsessed with music – writing, singing and performing. He wants to become a great impresario. His Great Aunt Maud is dismissive of his ideas but she does think that he should go to London to seek his fortune. She tells him the streets there are paved with gold and gives him one quarter of a treasure map that she has had in her possession for many years.

The map is of a part of London and the other three quarters of it are held by three distant relatives who live there. Aunt Maud has written to these three relatives to tell them that her great nephew is coming to London with the final piece of the map. If they all work together and each use their quarter of the map, it may lead them to a great fortune. Dick sets off for London with his trusted cat, Whiskas.

In a poor part of London, a shoemaker, Walter Jones lives with his wife Gladys (the Dame) and beautiful daughter Petula. Walter’s brother, the mad Professor Cyril Jones lives next door. He, along with his assistants, Bodgit and Fixit are always trying to invent things in their laboratory, usually without success!

On his arrival Dick Whittington stays with Walter and Cyril. Together with the other relative (the evil Countess Anastasia Kitov from Russia) they get the chance to find some hidden treasure. However, Anastasia and her daughter Tatania helped by her secretary, Natasha Veribooch and some evil KGB minders have a dastardly plan to doublecross Dick and his friends and get all of the gold for themselves.

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