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The Lavender Hill Mob

The Lavender Hill Mob

Comedy · Crime · 1951

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.

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The Lavender Hill Mob

“The men who broke the bank and lost the cargo!”

1951 Comedy · Crime 1h 18m

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7.2 / 10

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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.

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Names above the title

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Directed by

Charles Crichton

Written by

T. E. B. Clarke

Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

Henry 'Dutch' Holland

Stanley Holloway

Stanley Holloway

Albert Pendlebury

Sidney James

Sidney James

Lackery Wood

Alfie Bass

Alfie Bass

Shorty Fisher

Marjorie Fielding

Marjorie Fielding

Mrs. Chalk

Edie Martin

Edie Martin

Miss Evesham

John Salew

John Salew

Parkin

Court is in session

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Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Big-Idea Head

“Form is the argument.”

Every composed frame and deliberate cut is evidence that control can be thrilling in its own right.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Technique in search of a pulse.”

Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.