The League of Gentlemen
1960 · TMDB 7.1
Directed by Basil Dearden
Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the cupboard, is short of money, and is a service-trained expert in his field. The job is a bank robbery, and military discipline and planning are imposed by Hyde and second-in-command Race on the team, although civilian irritations do start getting in the way.
Why it matters
The League of Gentlemen takes the polite, rigid decorum of the British middle class and weaponises it, turning disgraced ex-soldiers into a disciplined, cravat-wearing criminal unit.
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Released
- 1960-04-15
- Studio
- Allied Film Makers
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 7.1
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The Quiet Art of the British Character Actor
Position 4 of 8
The League of Gentlemen takes the polite, rigid decorum of the British middle class and weaponises it, turning disgraced ex-soldiers into a disciplined, cravat-wearing criminal unit.
The Heist Film Slips Its Own Cuffs
Position 5 of 7
Basil Dearden assembles a crew of disgruntled ex-officers to rob a bank, and the result is less a thriller than a diagnosis of post-war Britain. The military precision is the point, and the point is sour.
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