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- 1951
- Approved
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 18 m
- 1951
- Approved
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 18 m
Summary A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipment of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country as miniature Eiffel Towers.
Directed By: Charles Crichton
Written By: T.E.B. Clarke
- 1951
- Approved
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 18 m
- 1951
- Approved
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 18 m
The Lavender Hill Mob
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Summary A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipment of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country as miniature Eiffel Towers.
Directed By: Charles Crichton
Written By: T.E.B. Clarke
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Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
90
100% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
0% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Clarke's script, Charles Crichton's direction, and Georges Auric's music contribute to what is probably the most nearly perfect fubsy comedy of all time. It's a minor classic, a charmer.
Inventive, economic, masterly.
Though [Guinness's] performance may not immediately announce itself as his best, it's certainly one of his most representative, a thoroughly recognizable character of unseen depths and unexpected capabilities.
Except for a couple of places, there is no hilarity in The Lavender Hill Mob. But its humors are so ingenious and persistent that it is one big chuckle from beginning to end.
Ultimately, The Lavender Hill Mob remains an unblemished gem that proves that the period wasn’t just one of fertility on the other side of the atlantic.
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Production Company
J. Arthur Rank Organisation,
Ealing Studios
Release Date Oct 15, 1951
Duration 1 h 18 m
Rating Approved
Tagline He stole $3,000,000 in gold and that's a lot of BULLion!
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
BAFTA Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Venice Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
