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DVD : The Lavender Hill MobIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sid James, Alfie Bass, Marjorie Fielding directed by: Charles Crichton  Amazon.com's Price: $9.98 Prices subject to change.Availability: Usually ships in 7 to 13 days
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD EAN: 0013131147599 Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: Starz / Anchor Bay Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay Region Code: 1 Release Date: September 10, 2002 Running Time: 81 minutes Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay Theatrical Release Date: 1951 Sales Rank: 18829 MPN: ANBD11475D Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Studio: Starz/sphe Release Date: 11/11/2008 Run time: 81 minutes Rating: Nr Amazon.com essential video: Britain's Ealing Studios was at the top of its game when this classic comedy was released in 1951--one of the all-time best crime-caper comedies and a quintessential example of the witty and subtly subversive Ealing style. Alec Guinness stars as a mild-mannered transporter of gold bullion who has spent 20 years moving gold bars to banks in an armored truck. Then one day he simply decides to help himself to a million British pounds' worth of the gold, but to pull off the heist he enlists and old friend (Stanley Holloway), who sculpts and manufactures paperweights. Once the gold is hijacked, it's molded into souvenir miniatures of the Eiffel Tower and shipped off to Paris, right under the noses of British customs officials on alert for the missing gold. Panic ensues when six of the gold miniatures are mistakenly sold to a group of English schoolgirls, and just when the amateur thieves think they've finally pulled off their heist without a hitch ... well, let's just say this classic comedy has a few climactic tricks up its sleeve. Guinness is in peak form here, and director Charles Crichton (who scored a late-career hit with A Fish Called Wanda over a quarter-century later) keeps the action moving with impeccable British efficiency. Along with The Ladykillers and The Man in the White Suit (both starring Guinness), The Lavender Hill Mob represents the golden age of British comedy, and it's still delightfully entertaining. --Jeff Shannon Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Still funny after more than 50 yearsWhat superlatives can one say about Alec Guinness that haven't been said? He was a great dramatic actor, as in "The Bridge on the River Kwai." He was a great comic actor, as in "The Ladykillers." Amd his genius comes through in the subject movie, in which he plays a mild bank clerk who becomes a mastermind thief of enormous comic proportions. All of the humor is visual/physical, as Guinness and his cohort Stanley Holloway try to chase down some stray loot--in the hands of little English ... Read More Rating:  - Not WatchableI'm a huge movie buff, love Alec Guinness, and enjoy offbeat comedies, but my kids and I simply couldn't get into one. Aneil Rating: - Underdogs Don't Always Win - But They Come CloseDirected by Charles Crichton. With Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway - A film for a lifetime! Lavender Hill (yes, that's really a district in London) Mob is another soft non-violent, clean, thoughtful comedy out of England's post war film Renascence - with the added joy of a thoughtful performance by a very young Guinness - who had already made his mark on cinema in heavy weight films like Great Expectations and Oliver Twist and as a multi-part actor in Kind Hearts and Coronets - Soft, thoughtful and funny. ... Read More Rating: - ANOTHER AMUSING SITUATIONS COMEDYTHIS ONE IS NOT REALLY MY FAORITE, BUT, THE STORYLINE AND THE RESULTS ARE VERY ENTERTAINING. Rating: - One of Ealing's FinestThis film is one of the masterpieces of British Comedy. Alec Guinness and Stanley Holloway are an unlikely pair of "crooks". The inverted commas are there because neither the viewer nor the characters quite believe it themselves. The pair just want a bit of adventure and a taste of the high life. Guinness is brilliant as the timid bank clerk who despises the trust he is given because he knows he is seen by his superiors as too weak an individual to be a threat. That gives him the power to succeed in his daring ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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