The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
- Starring:
- Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, (more)
- Director(s):
- Charles Crichton
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of The Lavender Hill Mob
Charles Crichton directed this Ealing caper comedy, with a witty script by T.E.B. Clarke that won an Academy Award. Alec Guinness is Henry Holland, an unassuming transporter of gold bullion who, after working for twenty years with no rewards in sight for his faithful service to his company, decides to reward himself by stealing one million pounds worth of gold. Calling on his old friend Pendlebury (Stanley Holloway), a manufacturer of paperweights and an amateur sculptor, and a couple of Cockney crooks, Lackery (Sidney James) and Shorty (Alfie Bass), they conspire to lift a gold shipment. After absconding with the gold, Henry melts the gold into a collection of souvenir Eiffel Towers, which he then ships off to Paris. But chaos reigns when a group of English schoolgirls purchase the gold towers, and the gang now become embroiled in a wild goose chase to recover their stolen gold. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 81 mins
Complete Cast of The Lavender Hill Mob
- Alec Guinness - Henry Holland
- Sidney James - Lackery Wood
- Marjorie Fielding - Mrs. Chalk
- Edie Martin - Miss Evesham
- Arthur Hambling - Wallis
- John Gregson - Farrow
- Frederick Piper - Cafe Owner
- Patric Doonan - Craggs
- Audrey Hepburn - Chiquita
- Cyril Chamberlain - Commander
- Tony Quinn - Deputy Commander
- Meredith Edwards - P.C. Williams
- Ann Heffernan - Kiosk Girl
- Eugene Deckers - Customs Official
- Andrea Malandrinos - Customs Official
- David Davies - City Policeman
- Stanley Holloway - Alfred Pendelbury
- Alfie Bass - Shorty Fisher
- Ronald Adam - Turner
- John Salew - Parkin
- Gibb McLaughlin - Godwin
- Clive Morton - Station Sergeant
- Peter Bull - Joe the Gab
- Marie Burke - Senora Gallardo
- Michael Trubshawe - Ambassador
- Christopher Hewett - Inspector Talbot
- Jacques Brunius - Official
- Paul Demel - Customs Official
- Moultrie Kelsall - Detective Superintendant
- William Fox - Gregory
- Patrick Barr - Inspector
- Sydney Tafler - Clayton
- Director(s):
- Charles Crichton
- Writer(s):
- T.E.B. Clarke
- Producer(s):
- Michael Balcon
- Categories:
- Comedy
- 1951 - British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Best British Film
- 1951 - National Board of Review - Best Screenplay
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