| Uniform Title |
Lavender Hill mob (Motion picture : 1951) |
| Title |
The Lavender Hill mob. |
| Published |
[Australia] : Distributed by Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, ©2022. |
| ©1951 |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (78 minutes) : sound, black & white ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment : D49229. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 1951. |
| "Digitally restored" -- Cover. |
| Special features: Introduction by Martin Scorsese ; Excerpt from BECTU History Project ; Interview with Charles Chricton ; Good Afternoon: Mavis Interviews T.E.B. Clarke ; Behind the scenes stills gallery ; Trailer. |
| Credits |
Directed by Charles Crichton ; written by T. E. B. Clarke ; produced by Michael Balcon. |
| Performers |
Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James, Alfie Bass. |
| Summary |
A meek clerk devises an ingenious plan to rob a fortune in gold bullion from his own bank. But when the gold is melted into souvenir Eiffel Towers to smuggle into France, their perfect crime becomes a disastrous and hilarious caper. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : G. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 2.0 ; PAL ; Region 4 ; Full frame 1.33:1. |
| Language note |
English. [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired]. |
| Subjects |
Robbery -- Drama |
| Gold smuggling -- Drama |
| Bank employees -- Drama |
| Bank robberies -- Drama |
| Souvenirs (Keepsakes) -- Drama |
| Feature films -- Great Britain |
| Motion pictures, British |
| Genre |
Caper films |
| Comedy films |
| Crime films |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Other Names |
Crichton, Charles, 1910-1999 director. |
| Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000 actor. |
| Holloway, Stanley actor. |
| James, Sidney actor. |
| Bass, Alfie actor. |
| Series |
Classics remastered |
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