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The Lavender Hill Mob

Name: The Lavender Hill Mob
Director: Charles Crichton
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Released: 1951
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James, Alfie Bass, Marjorie Fielding

A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country.

1951 · Directed by Charles Crichton · 78 min · Comedy · Crime · 8 frames

Tagline

The men who broke the bank and lost the cargo!

Crew

Screenplay: T. E. B. Clarke
Cinematography: Douglas Slocombe
Edited by: Seth Holt
Music: Georges Auric
Produced by: Michael Balcon

Cast

Alec Guinness as Henry 'Dutch' Holland
Stanley Holloway as Albert Pendlebury
Sidney James as Lackery Wood
Alfie Bass as Shorty Fisher
Marjorie Fielding as Mrs. Chalk
Edie Martin as Miss Evesham
John Salew as Parkin
Ronald Adam as Turner
Arthur Hambling as Wallis
Gibb McLaughlin as Godwin

Production

Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Studios: Ealing Studios, The Rank Organisation
Box office: $31,288
Themes: gold, bank, souvenir, police chase, black and white, ealing, armored car robbery, eiffel tower, paris, foundry, bank clerk

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