Film · 1951
The Lavender Hill Mob
Directed by Charles Crichton · starring Alec Guinness, Audrey Hepburn and Stanley Holloway
- 1 h 18 min
- U
- Comedy · Crime
UK- Released in the UK 26 June 1951
- 7.1 Users4 votes
Synopsis
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.
Where to watch The Lavender Hill Mob
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The essentials
- Runtime
- 78 min1 hour and 18 minutes
- Rating
- UUniversal
- How long is The Lavender Hill Mob?
- 1 hour and 18 minutes (78 minutes).
- When was The Lavender Hill Mob released in the UK?
- It was released in the UK on 26 June 1951.
- Who directed The Lavender Hill Mob?
- Charles Crichton.
- Who is in The Lavender Hill Mob?
- It stars Alec Guinness, Audrey Hepburn, Stanley Holloway and John Gregson.
- Where can I watch The Lavender Hill Mob?
- In the UK you can watch it with a channel on Prime Video.
Cast
Full cast (9)-
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- Director
- Charles Crichton
- Writers
- T.E.B. Clarke
- Producers
- Michael Balcon
Reviews
Awards
All the awards- Academy Awards (Oscars) 1953 1 of 2 nominations Won: Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
- BAFTA Awards 1952 1 of 2 nominations Won: Alexander Korda Award for Outstanding British Film of the Year
Soundtrack
All 4 songs- Rumba RioIvor Mairants
- The Eton Boating SongAlgernon Drummond, William Johnson
- Old MacDonald Had a FarmArranged, Ernest Irving
- Auld Lang SyneWords, Robert Burns, Sung a cappella the gang in celebration
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