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The Lavender Hill Mob 82 minutes, UK (1951), U
(4.5)
Rating: 4.5 Stars
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Alec Guinness and Stanley Holloway head the bill in this classic Ealing comedy about a mild-mannered banker's attempt to smuggle gold bullion across the channel, with hilarious and unforeseen consequences

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The Lavender Hill Mob: "Do I dare disturb the universe?" pondered J Alfred Prufrock in TS Eliot's paean to the 'Little Man', measuring out his life in coffee spoons. At first sight, you'd assume that menial bank employee Holland (Guinness), still lodging in the same dowdy boarding house after 20 years faithful service, is likewise resigned to his fate...
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