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The Lavender Hill Mob

7.2

Released June 28, 1951Runtime 1h 18min

The men who broke the bank and lost the cargo!

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.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

Ealing Studios

The Rank Organisation

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Finances

Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Profit/Loss: $0

Stream

Rent

Buy

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Cast

Alec GuinnessHenry 'Dutch' Holland

Stanley HollowayAlbert Pendlebury

Sidney JamesLackery

Alfie BassShorty

Marjorie FieldingMrs. Chalk

Edie MartinMiss Evesham

John SalewParkin

Ronald AdamTurner

Arthur HamblingWallis

Gibb McLaughlinGodwin

John GregsonFarrow

Clive MortonStation Sergeant

Sydney TaflerClayton

Marie BurkeSeñora Gallardo

Audrey HepburnChiquita

William FoxGregory

Michael TrubshaweBritish Ambassador

Ann HeffernanKiosk Girl

Jacques BruniusCustoms Official

Eugene DeckersCustoms Official

Paul DemelCustoms Official

Andreas MalandrinosCustoms Official

Cyril ChamberlainCommander

Tony QuinnDeputy Commander

Moultrie KelsallDetective Superintendant

Christopher HewettInspector Talbot

Meredith EdwardsP. C. Williams

Patrick BarrDivisional Detective Inspector

David DaviesCity Policeman

Robert ShawChemist at Police Exhibition

Richard DaviesPolice Driver

Howard LangPoliceman at window (uncredited)

George SpenceRacegoer (uncredited)

Crew

Charles CrichtonDirector

Phyllis CrockerContinuity

Norman PriggenAssistant Director

T. E. B. ClarkeScreenplay

Michael BalconProducer

Hal MasonProduction Supervisor

Slim HandUnit Production Manager

Michael TrumanAssociate Producer

Ernest IrvingConductor

Frederick BuckmanNegative Cutter

Seth HoltEditor

Harry WiltonMakeup Artist

Anthony MendlesonCostume Design

Stephen DalbySound Director

Geoffrey FaithfullAdditional Photography

William KellnerArt Direction

Jeff SeaholmeCamera Operator

Ernest TaylorMakeup Artist

Douglas SlocombeDirector of Photography

Sydney PearsonSpecial Effects

Les HammondSound Recordist

Georges AuricOriginal Music Composer

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Reviews

by CharlesTheBold

Henry Holland ( Alec Guinness) is a clerk at the Bank of England. Because of his perfect record and self-effacing manner, he is considered thoroughly trustworthy and is even assigned to accompany shipments of gold. In reality Holland has a carefully hidden desire to commit the Perfect Crime, and ...