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The Lavender Hill Mob, 1951
English, French, Portuguese
UK
Profile of The Lavender Hill Mob
The Lavender Hill Mob can be described as cynical, clever, and witty. The plot revolves around crime gone awry, a heist, and chases. Its comic aspect comes from dry humor and irreverent humor. The Lavender Hill Mob's main genres are comedy and crime. In approach, it is realistic. It is set, at least in part, in a bank. The Lavender Hill Mob is located in Holland, Paris, and London. It takes place in the 1950s. The movie has received attention for being an Oscar winner and critically acclaimed.
Summary of The Lavender Hill Mob
Mr. Holland (Alec Guinness) has supervised the bank's bullion run for years. He is fussy and unnecessarily overprotective, but everyone knows he is absolutely trustworthy. And so, on the day the bullion truck is robbed, he is the last person to be suspected. But there is another side to Mr. Holland--he is also Dutch, the leader of The Lavender Hill Mob.
Prolific Ealing writer T.E.B. Clarke won an Oscar for his deft script for The Lavender Hill Mob. But he was helped greatly by the precise direction and impeccable timing of director Charles Crichton, and by the brilliance of Alec Guinness's performance. When he tries to recruit Mr. Pendlebury (Stanley Holloway) as Pendlebury chips away at one of his sculptures, Guinness circles Holloway, playfully seducing him into the idea of robbery and, as Holloway finally understands the proposition, Guinness looks back over his shoulder like some elfin Lucifer. When the mob goes over its robbery plans, Guinness insists on a detail and Shorty (Alfie Bass) acknowledges that Guinness is the boss. Guinness, concentrating, agrees. Then, as he relaxes and eases back in his chair, Guinness sheds his years of servitude to the bank--Dutch Holland is indeed the boss.
Details
| Language: | English, French, Portuguese |
| Country: | UK |
| Release date: | 15 October 1951 |
| Runtime: | 81 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
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as Henry Holland
as Alfred Pendlebury
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- 04.March.2011
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- by: Dale Williams
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