A lonely Midlands security van driver and ham radio enthusiast. Misinterpreting radio static, he believes Frances is in danger and orchestrates a bank robbery and prison break to save her. He flies a stolen jet to the Falklands, fights off the Argentinian agent, rescues Frances, and proposes marriage.
A close friendship motivates Billy to support Stan's increasingly desperate plan.
Billy is explicitly described as Stan's military-obsessed best friend and joins him in the rescue mission.
Stan's devotion to Frances drives the rescue mission and the emotional resolution.
Stan develops a long-distance romance with Frances and later proposes marriage to her, which she accepts.
Their relationship changes from coercion to cooperation.
Stan and Billy break into Max's house and force him to open the bank vault, although the two later become allies.
Rollo supplies criminal expertise to Stan's mission.
Rollo is persuaded to join the bank heist and later escapes prison and travels with Stan's group.
Mary is initially subject to Stan's coercive plan, before later becoming part of the wider resistance effort.
Stan and Billy hold Mary hostage while demanding that Max open the bank vault.
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