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The lavender hill mob letterboxd social film discovery. The lavender hill mob one of the most famous of the 1950s ealing comedies. The lavender hill mob 28th june 1951 cinema 81 mins 1. Henry holland played by guinness is a meek british bank clerk from lavender hill, a street in south london, who has masterminded a meticulous plan to steal gold bullion from. The lavender hill mob official trailer vintage classic. The lavender hill mob is a 1951 ealing studios crime comedy film, starring alec guinness and directed by charles crichton.
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The lavender hill mob 1951 was the second of three ealing collaborations between director charles crichton and writer t. A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipment of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country as miniature eiffel towers. Chalk marjorie fielding and cohorttobe pendlebury stanley holloway in the ealing studios hit comedy the lavender hill mob, 1951 view the tcmdb entry for the lavender hill mob 1952. With alec guinness, stanley holloway, sidney james, alfie bass. The lavender hill mob and the ladykillers can almost serve as companion pieces to each other. While in the ladykillers guinness is a fiendish crook whose criminality is evident from his first appearance, in the lavender hill mob he is a mousy milquetoast. Crime comedies, too, are nearly as old as film itself. I dont know why, but more and more stuff i listen to these days strikes me as being unremarkable. Guinness plays henry holland, a bank clerk in charge of refining and delivering gold bullion. The lavender hill mob movie tv listings and schedule tv. The lavender hill mob is a 1951 comedy film from ealing studios, written by t.
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