The Lavender Hill Mob
Alec Guinness in The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), directed by Charles Crichton.
The Lavender Hill Mob
film by Crichton [1951]
The Lavender Hill Mob, British comedy film, released in 1951, highlighted by a much-praised performance by Alec Guinness. Henry Holland (played by Guinness) is a meek British bank clerk from Lavender Hill, a street in South London, who has masterminded a meticulous plan to steal gold bullion from his employers. However, he does not know how to smuggle the gold out of Britain. When Alfred, a foundry owner, becomes a new lodger at Henry’s boarding house, together they plan to use Alfred’s factory to melt the gold into innocuous souvenirs of the Eiffel Tower. The Lavender Hill Mob is one ...(100 of 155 words)