The Lavender Hill Mob

Jun 28, 1951

1h 18m

★ 7.2

The men who broke the bank and lost the cargo!

Overview

A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

Ealing Studios

The Rank Organisation

The Lavender Hill Mob Trailers

Cast

Henry 'Dutch' Holland

Alec Guinness

Albert Pendlebury

Stanley Holloway

Lackery

Sidney James

Shorty

Alfie Bass

Mrs. Chalk

Marjorie Fielding

Miss Evesham

Edie Martin

Parkin

John Salew

Turner

Ronald Adam

Wallis

Arthur Hambling

Godwin

Gibb McLaughlin

Farrow

John Gregson

Station Sergeant

Clive Morton

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