The lavender hill mob 1951 a one of the 15 films listed in the category art on the vatican film list. Rent the lavender hill mob 1951 starring alec guinness and stanley holloway on dvd and bluray. The lavender hill mob 1951 unrated 1h 18m comedies a meek clerk alec guinness, his buddy stanley holloway and crooks melt hijacked bank of england gold into eiffel tower souvenirs. They released two albums on united artists records reception. The lavender hill mob 1951 directed by charles crichton. A mildmannered man and an artist find a pretty smart way of smuggling gold by turning them into little replicas of the eiffel towel.
The lavender hill mob, british comedy film, released in 1951, highlighted by a muchpraised performance by alec guinness. The men who broke the bank and lost the cargo 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. The lavender hill mob official trailer vintage classic. While many consider the lavender hill mob 1951 to be one of the best of the guinnessealing comedies, im partial to one of their later films, the ladykillers 1955, which was recently remade by the coen brothers and featured tom hanks ive havent seen it yet, but i heard not so good things about it. The lavender hill mob ridicules telecommunication and the forces of law and order together with politely criticising prevailing social and political uniformity. The lavender hill mob is a 1951 ealing studios crime comedy film, starring alec guinness and directed by charles crichton. Pool of london 1951 eventually became a wellregarded film, but without clarkes involvement. Thats how they manage to pull off the perfect crime by combining their unique set of skills and circumstances with. The lavender hill mob was hugely popular, and won an oscar for its script. Lavender hill mob s profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. The lavender hill mob is a wellscripted film and is considered to be one of the top 100 comedy films ever made. In a plush bar, henry holland sits talking to another man. Watch the lavender hill mob online stream full movie directv. One of ealings most successful comedies, the lavender hill mob 1951 starred alec guinness as a bank clerk who hatches a plot to steal gold bullion and smuggle it out of.
The humor was witty and drier than kafka in the sahara. 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. The lavender hill mob one of the most famous of the 1950s ealing comedies. Tight script, tighter filmmaking and clever laughs. A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipment of bullion joins. Clarke, who won an oscar for his screenplay, airy direction by a fish called wandas charles crichton and, most of all, the delightfully eccentric performance of alec guinness. Both are hilarious british caper comedies of the 1950s, but both also feature astonishingly different central performances from alec guinness. Clarke, the team responsible for hue and cry 1947 and the titfield thunderbolt 1953.
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With alec guinness, stanley holloway, sidney james, alfie bass. The longclosed pub can be seen in cult rock movies quadrophenia and alex cox s sid and nancy, as well as the 1983 film of harold pinter s reversetimescale drama betrayal, with jeremy irons and ben kingsley. The lavender hill mob 1951 publication date 1951 topics comedy, crime. Overview of the lavender hill mob, 1952, directed by charles crichton, with alec guinness, stanley holloway, sidney james, at turner classic movies. It was only kismet that charles crichton would eventually be conscripted by john cleese for the sacrilegious masterstroke a fish called wanda. Starring alec guiness, stanley holloway, sid james and alfi bass. The lavender hill mob wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Henry cornelius, 1949, it is a piece of thoroughly goodnatured escapism.
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