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The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Director: Charles Crichton
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Probably not the finest Ealing comedy (although it does include an astute parody of the car chase in Ealing's own The Blue Lamp), but still one of the few enduringly funny movies in British cinema. Seemingly mousy bank teller (Guinness) teams up with seedy entrepreneur (Holloway) and two Cockney spivs (Bass and James) to steal gold bullion and turn it into Eiffel Tower paperweights. It won a script Oscar for TEB Clarke, who divides his satirical jibes between the police, the press and the City. Come in late and you'll miss a glimpse, in the opening scene in Rio, of a young Audrey Hepburn.Author: TR
Cast & crew
Director: Charles Crichton
Producer: Michael Balcon
Cast: Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James, Alfie Bass, Marjorie Fielding, John Gregson, Clive Morton, Robert Shaw, Audrey Hepburn full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 78 mins
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