The Lavender Hill Mob

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1900 - 2024

An excellent comedy with droll Alec Guinness, a timid bank clerk who has a perfect scheme for robbing a gold bullion truck, with a madcap chase climax. Oscars for Best Story and Screenplay, co-stars Stanley Holloway and Sidney James.

Year: 1951

Genre: Comedy, Classic Comedy, Best of the 1950s, Movies (1001 You Must See Before You Die), Classic Cinema

Country: UK

Director: Charles Crichton

Starring: Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sid James

Duration: 78 Minutes

Rating: G

7.7/10

Location in store: Classic Comedy

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