The Lavender Hill Mob

The Lavender Hill Mob

The men who broke the bank and lost the cargo!

1951•1h 18m•7.2/10

ComedyCrime

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.2/10(278)

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.

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Production

Ealing Studios, The Rank Organisation

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

Henry 'Dutch' Holland

Stanley Holloway

Stanley Holloway

Albert Pendlebury

Sidney James

Sidney James

Lackery

Alfie Bass

Alfie Bass

Shorty

Marjorie Fielding

Marjorie Fielding

Mrs. Chalk

Edie Martin

Edie Martin

Miss Evesham

John Salew

John Salew

Parkin

Ronald Adam

Ronald Adam

Turner

Arthur Hambling

Arthur Hambling

Wallis

Gibb McLaughlin

Gibb McLaughlin

Godwin

John Gregson

John Gregson

Farrow

Clive Morton

Clive Morton

Station Sergeant

Sydney Tafler

Sydney Tafler

Clayton

Marie Burke

Marie Burke

Señora Gallardo

Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn

Chiquita

William Fox

Gregory

Michael Trubshawe

Michael Trubshawe

British Ambassador

Ann Heffernan

Kiosk Girl

Jacques Brunius

Jacques Brunius

Customs Official

Eugene Deckers

Eugene Deckers

Customs Official

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