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The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)

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Alec Guinness Alec Guinness
Holland
Stanley Holloway Stanley Holloway
Pendlebury
Sid James Sid James
Lackery
Alfie Bass Alfie Bass
Shorty
Marjorie Fielding Marjorie Fielding
Mrs. Chalk
Edie Martin Edie Martin
Miss Evesham
John Salew John Salew
Parkin
Ronald Adam Ronald Adam
Turner


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A good movie

5 years, 2 months ago at Feb 6 8:33
I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was included in the ‘1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die’ list, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, eventually, it turned out to be a decent comedy but, to be honest, not much more than that in my opinion. First of all, I saw the damned thing on the BBC without subtitles so I have to admit that I didn’t get all the j... read more

The Lavender Hill Mob

4 years, 4 months ago at Dec 26 22:45
Alec Guinness’ first Oscar nomination came thanks to this Ealing Studios caper-gone-wrong comedy. Like The Killing played as grand farce, The Lavender Hill Mob is an enjoyable little glimpse of two workaday schlubs trying for something extraordinary, if criminal. Hey, we all need our hobbies.   Guinness plays Henry Holland, a clerk who devises a nearly foolproof plan for robbing his bank of g... read more
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Description: This classic comedy from Ealing Studios stars Alec Guinness as Holland, a mild-mannered bank clerk who masterminds an ingenious robbery. For the past 20 years, Holland's job has been to escort shipments of gold bullion from refineries to his bank's vaults. However, he's fed up with his lot in life and so decides to team up with three accomplices to smuggle a load of gold from England to France. Holland cooks up a clever, secret plan to melt stolen gold into models of the Eiffel Tower and then ship them off to Paris as souvenirs. Although the scheme seems foolproof, the caper proves tricky to pull off. Soon the motley gang of thi ... (more)
Release date: 10 September 1951
UPC: 013131147599
Tags: Comedy (7), 1951 (4), Crime (3), Heist (2), British (2), Gold (2), Robbery (2), Police (2), 1950s (2), Shakespearean Quote (1), Eiffel Tower Paris (1), Ealing (1), Scotland Yard (1), 50's (1), Fingerprints (1), Fingerprint (1), Police Lineup (1), Police Academy (1), Stolen Car (1), Cigar Smoking (1)
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The Lavender Hill Mob

“Alec Guinness’ first Oscar nomination came thanks to this Ealing Studios caper-gone-wrong comedy. Like The Killing played as grand farce, The Lavender Hill Mob is an enjoyable little glimpse of two workaday schlubs trying for something extraordinary, if criminal. Hey, we all need our hobbies.   Guinness plays Henry Holland, a clerk who devises a nearly foolproof plan for robbing his bank of gold bullion. Naturally, it all goes sideways as the plan involves twists and turns that lend themselves to chaos. Disguising the purloined gold as Eiffel tower souvenirs is asking for trouble, and that’s exactly what these guys get.   These Ealing comedies have a few repeating tics, like contrasting the flirtatious nihilism or polite anarchy of their plots with the staid, stiff upper lip of B” read more

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johanlefourbe posted a review 5 years, 2 months ago

A good movie

“I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was included in the ‘1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die’ list, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, eventually, it turned out to be a decent comedy but, to be honest, not much more than that in my opinion. First of all, I saw the damned thing on the BBC without subtitles so I have to admit that I didn’t get all the jokes so maybe if I rewatch it with some subtitles, I might be able to enjoy it more. Still, it was a fun flick with another strong performance by Alec Guinness. Furthermore, I always had a weak spot for the heist genre, especially when the heist is actually quite realistic like it was in this case, at least, until the 3rd act. Indeed, at some point, the characters started to chase these little gir” read more

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