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The Lavender Hill Mob

Year:
Duration:
78 min | UK:81 min
Genres:
Comedy | Crime
IMDB rate:
7.8
Director:
Charles Crichton
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations
Details
Country: UK
Release Date: 1951-09-10
Filming Locations: Bank Underground Station, London, England, UK
Cast
Actor
Character
Alec Guinness
Holland
Stanley Holloway
Pendlebury
Sidney James
Lackery
Alfie Bass
Shorty
Marjorie Fielding
Mrs. Chalk
Edie Martin
Miss Evesham
John Salew
Parkin
Ronald Adam
Turner
Arthur Hambling
Wallis
Gibb McLaughlin
Godwin
John Gregson
Farrow
Clive Morton
Station Sergeant
Sydney Tafler
Clayton
Marie Burke
Senora Gallardo
Audrey Hepburn
Chiquita
William Fox
Gregory
Ann Hefferman
Kiosk Girl (as Ann Heffernan)
Jacques B. Brunius
Customs Official (as Jacques Brunius)
Eugene Deckers
Customs Official
Paul Demel
Customs Official
Andreas Malandrinos
Customs Official (as Andrea Malandrinos)
Cyril Chamberlain
Commander
Tony Quinn
Deputy Commander
Moultrie Kelsall
Detective Superintendant
Christopher Hewett
Inspector Talbot
Meredith Edwards
P. C. Williams
Patrick Barr
Divisional Detective Inspector
David Davies
City Policeman
Alanna Boyce
June Edwards (uncredited)
Johnny Briggs
Small Role (uncredited)
Peter Bull
Joe the Gab (uncredited)
Jacques Cey
Minor Role (uncredited)
Joe Clarke
Minor Role (uncredited)
Robert Coote
Waiter in Restaurant (uncredited)
Jacqueline Curtis
Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Richard Davies
Police Driver (uncredited)
Patric Doonan
Craggs (uncredited)
Archie Duncan
Chief Cashier (uncredited)
Frank Forsyth
Minor Role (uncredited)
Patricia Garwood
Girl (uncredited)
Fred Griffiths
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Charles Lamb
Mr. Richards (uncredited)
Desmond Llewelyn
Customs Officer (uncredited)
Arthur Mullard
1st Man in Police Identity Parade (uncredited)
Marie Ney
School Headmistress (uncredited)
Frederick Piper
Cafe Owner (uncredited)
Robert Shaw
Chemist at Police Exhibition (uncredited)
John Warwick
Police Inspector at Squad Car Headquarters (uncredited)
Richard Wattis
Opposition MP (uncredited)
Neil Wilson
Squad Car Headquarters PC (uncredited)
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Trivia
First feature film of Frank Forsyth.
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Arriving in Paris, Pendlebury recites the words, "Gay, sprightly land of mirth and social ease"; Holland later repeats the phrase in reference to Rio de Janeiro. This line is a subtle reference to the movie's plot, because those words come originally from the 1765 poem "The Traveller" by Oliver Goldsmith.
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Audrey Hepburn was considered for a larger role in this film, but stage work made her unavailable. Alec Guinness was impressed with the young actress and arranged for her to appear in a bit part. This is considered to be Hepburn's first appearance in a major film.
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Goofs
During the chase, the license plate on the armored truck is LKL238. The police officer correctly reports the license plate as LKL238. However, when the dispatcher repeats the license plate, he says LKL638.
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Henry Holland could not have been extradited from Brazil to Great Britain, as these countries had no such treaty at the time.
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Early in the film, when the gold is being poured into the mold to make bars, the position of the tongs holding the crucible of liquid gold is inconsistent. At first the tongs grab the crucible near the top, and then the film cuts to the men pouring the gold into the mold, at which time the tongs are closer to the bottom of the crucible. During the pour the camera angle changes and the tongs are moved closer to the top of the crucible again.
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Quotes
Customs Official: L'argent. Pendlebury: Oh, sadist torturers! Money.
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Pendlebury: Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these - it might have been.
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Pendlebury: Now it's all over, I suppose I may dare say it's been a most remarkable coup.
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Faq
Q
The girls in school are singing a song that Stanley Holloway later sings in "The Titfield Thunderbolt." Does anyone recognize it?
A
T.E.B. Clarke presumably chose the same song for both his screenplays, unless Holloway was so taken by the song that he picked it himself. It was "Jolly boating Weather" and is usually sung by Eton School.
Q
How are the Lavender Hill Mob caught?
A
We don't know, only that they are. It is usual in Ealing Comedies that the criminals get caught.
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Photos from cast
Michael Trubshawe
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