The Lavender Hill Mob
1951 · TMDB 7.2
Directed by Charles Crichton
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.
Why it matters
Ealing Studios' classic caper comedy, with Alec Guinness as a mild-mannered bank clerk who plots a gold bullion heist, supported by a wonderful array of British character actors.
- Runtime
- 78 min
- Released
- 1951-06-28
- Studio
- Ealing Studios
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 7.2
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The Quiet Art of the British Character Actor
Position 2 of 8
Ealing Studios' classic caper comedy, with Alec Guinness as a mild-mannered bank clerk who plots a gold bullion heist, supported by a wonderful array of British character actors.
The Heist Film Slips Its Own Cuffs
Position 4 of 7
Alec Guinness plays a bank clerk who plots to steal gold bullion and smuggle it out as souvenir Eiffel Towers. Ealing's comic precision turns the heist into a study of English repression and its sudden, gleeful collapse.
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