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Overview

User Rating:
7.9/10   3,622 votes
Director:
Charles Crichton
Writer:
T.E.B. Clarke (writer)
Release Date:
10 September 1951 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Comedy | Crime more
Tagline:
He stole $3,000,000 in gold and that's a lot of BULLion! more
Plot:
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 Eifel Towers. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Ealing Studios Backed by Disney (From WENN. 14 April 2003)
User Comments:
Classic comedy more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Alec Guinness ... Henry Holland
Stanley Holloway ... Alfred Pendlebury
Sid James ... Lackery (as Sidney James)
Alfie Bass ... Shorty Fisher
Marjorie Fielding ... Mrs. Chalk
Edie Martin ... Miss Evesham
John Salew ... Parkin
Ronald Adam ... Turner
Arthur Hambling ... Wallis
Gibb McLaughlin ... Godwin
John Gregson ... Farrow
Clive Morton ... Station Sergeant
Sydney Tafler ... Clayton
Marie Burke ... Senora Gallardo

Audrey Hepburn ... Chiquita
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Additional Details

Runtime:
UK:81 min
Country:
UK
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Company:
Ealing Studios more

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Trivia:
"Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these - it might have been" is a taken from 'Maud Muller', a poem by John Greenleaf Whittier. more
Goofs:
Continuity: After the raid we see the maroon (dark colored) bullion van being driven into an abandoned warehouse to be emptied (33mins 10 secs into the movie). In the next short shot of the van parking, the van has now become a light colored van. After that we see the dark colored van again. more
Quotes:
[Holland and Pendlebury look at a newly cast Eiffel Tower paperweight]
Henry Holland: Our firstborn.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Just a Minute: (#2.2)" (1994) more
Soundtrack:
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13 out of 14 people found the following comment useful:-
Classic comedy, 20 February 2005
Author: jlon from Dublin

Ealing classic comedy. DVD review.

A meek bank clerk decides to rip off his employer by transporting gold to France as souvenir Eiffel towers.

Featuring one of Guinness' best performances as a supervisor in a bank vault. He plays an interesting character, someone who takes an opportunity but watches his back at the same time. Watch his face when inspecting the line-up of the suspected robbers - very funny. I've never seen Guinness enjoy himself as much in any other movie. And I've never seen so many helpful policemen in another picture. Here's my Star Wars link for this movie: Guinness says early in the movie "THX" and the registration number on the van carrying the gold bars is 238 - George Lucas' first movie was THX1138 - coincidence? Sid James and Alfie Bass appear as common crooks but the best best scene was the descent of the Eiffel Tower - like something from an Italian movie from the same era. That's Audrey Hepburn making a very brief appearance in the first scene. I predict the soon-to-be remake of this movie won't be a patch on this classic.

The Lavender Hill Mob is one of the best comedies from the 1950s.

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