The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Country: GB
Technical: bw 78m
Director: Charles Crichton
Cast: Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James, Alfie Bass
Synopsis:
A downtrodden bank clerk forms a gang with his eccentric neighbour to rob a bullion van, using his insider knowledge, but the real brainwave comes when they resolve to melt down the gold and ship it to France in the form of Eiffel Tower paperweights.
Review:
Classic Ealing comedy, pacily edited and imaginatively realized with crime movie tropes subverted to point up the humour.
Country: GB
Technical: bw 78m
Director: Charles Crichton
Cast: Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James, Alfie Bass
Synopsis:
A downtrodden bank clerk forms a gang with his eccentric neighbour to rob a bullion van, using his insider knowledge, but the real brainwave comes when they resolve to melt down the gold and ship it to France in the form of Eiffel Tower paperweights.
Review:
Classic Ealing comedy, pacily edited and imaginatively realized with crime movie tropes subverted to point up the humour.
Country: GB
Technical: bw 78m
Director: Charles Crichton
Cast: Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James, Alfie Bass
Synopsis:
A downtrodden bank clerk forms a gang with his eccentric neighbour to rob a bullion van, using his insider knowledge, but the real brainwave comes when they resolve to melt down the gold and ship it to France in the form of Eiffel Tower paperweights.
Review:
Classic Ealing comedy, pacily edited and imaginatively realized with crime movie tropes subverted to point up the humour.