Title: The Lavender Hill Mob
Original Title: The Lavender Hill Mob
Year: 1951
Info
- Country: UK
- Length: 78 Minutes (1 hour 18 min)
- Genre: Comedy Crime
- Studios: Ealing Studios
- Age rating: U (Universal)
Release Dates
- UK: June 26 1951
- United States: October 15 1951
Plot
Henry Holland (Alec Guinnes), a shy retiring man, dreams of being rich and living the good life. Faithfully, for 20 years, he has worked as a bank transfer agent for the delivery of gold bullion. After so many years he is tired to do everyday the same things and started to make a ingenious plan for a spectacular robbery at the bank, it's consists to smuggle the gold from England into France into harmless-looking toy Eiffel Towers with his close friend Pendlebury (Stanley Holloway) help. With a seemingly perfect plan everything will be complicated making the objective of the two friends at risk.
Actress Audrey Hepburn is part of the cast of this classic comedy.
Awards
- 1953 Academy Awards (Oscars): 2 1
- 1951 BAFTA Awards: 2 1
Cast
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