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Charles Crichton's direction is subtle but inventive - check out the snaking, near-single-take opening in a Rio cabana - and the performances, writing and plotting are faultless.
Tom Huddleston, Time Out
The Lavender Hill Mob
The men who broke the bank and lost the cargo!
1951 · 1h 18m · Approved
Comedy, Crime
Directed by
Charles Crichton
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The Lavender Hill Mob
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Charles Crichton Director
- 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
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