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Actors: Alec Guiness, Stanley Holloway
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Lavender Hill Mob |
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Mousy, anal bank clerk Henry Holland (Guinness) has overseen the transfer of gold bullion from the refinery to the Bank of England for nearly 20 years while looking for a chance to steal a shipment. When he meets Pendlebury (Holloway), a painter and sculptor whose plant makes die-cast metal souvenirs ("I propagate British cultural depravity!") and who is given to bellowing Shakespeare, he has the perfect accomplice. Of course, they need to lure a couple of tough guys to help out. The heist, though bumbled, is nevertheless successful within the first third of this delightful story, but a hitch develops involving the Eiffel Tower, and English schoolgirls on holiday in Paris. This sweet, gentle 1951 Ealing Studios comedy offers a charming crime story with no deaths or bad language. There's even a glimpse of delicious 22-year-old Audrey Hepburn in a walk-on early in the film. Screenwriter T.E.B. Clarke won an Oscar, and Guinness was nominated for best performance by an actor.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Lavender Hill Mob |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- con-artist/white collar crime
Kind of comedy
- bungling criminals
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
Body type
- (man) very skinny
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Body type
- (man) fat
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
- France
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- South
City?
Yes
City:
- London
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Check here if B&W
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Subtitles?
- No
Any profanity?
- None
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