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Charles Crichton's direction is subtle but inventive - check out the snaking, near-single-take opening in a Rio cabana - and the performances, writing and plotting are faultless.
Tom Huddleston, Time Out
The Lavender Hill Mob
The men who broke the bank and lost the cargo!
1951 · 1h 18m · APPROVED
Comedy, Crime
Directed by
Charles Crichton
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.
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