Jun 28, 1951
78 min
Full-HD

The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)

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.

Category

Comedy Crime

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

Ealing Studios The Rank Organisation

Alec Guinness

Henry 'Dutch' Holland

Stanley Holloway

Albert Pendlebury

Sid James

Lackery

Alfie Bass

Shorty

Marjorie Fielding

Mrs. Chalk

Edie Martin

Miss Evesham

John Salew

Parkin

Ronald Adam

Turner

Recommended For You

Comedy
1951
Movie

The Man in the White Suit

The Man in the White Suit

6.8
1951

The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a crisis in the process. After all, once someone buys one of his suits they won't ever have to fix them or buy another one, and the clothing industry will collapse overnight. Nevertheless, Sidney is determined to put his invention on the market, forcing the clothing factory bigwigs to resort to more desperate measures...

Comedy
2004
Movie

Strange Bedfellows

Strange Bedfellows

5.8
2004

Two 'very straight' old timers have to learn how to pass as a loving gay couple after falsely claiming same-sex status to take advantage of newly legislated tax laws.

Comedy
1951
Movie

Young Wives' Tale

Young Wives' Tale

4.8
1951

A post-war housing crisis leaves a shy woman to share a house with two couples. Comic situations arise as the new roomer becomes infatuated with one of the husbands.

Mystery
1959
Movie

The Scapegoat

The Scapegoat

6.8
1959

An Englishman in France unwittingly is placed into the identity, and steps into the vacated life, of a look-alike French nobleman.

Genre : Mystery

Documentary
1969
Movie

The Two Kennedys

The Two Kennedys

7
1969

Life, career and death of the two protagonists of American life sixties, John and Robert Kennedy, from the days of their ascent to the White House, the first as president, the second as a minister of justice, to the death.

Genre : Documentary

Comedy
1952
Movie

The Card

The Card

6.9
1952

A charming and ambitious young man finds many ways to raise himself through the ranks in business and social standing - some honest, some not quite so. If he can just manage to avoid a certain very predatory woman.

Comedy
1965
Movie

The Big Job

The Big Job

6.7
1965

A gang of hapless crooks, led by Sidney James, successfully perpetrate a robbery only to be caught after the fact. Fifteen years later they emerge from prison intent on retrieving their stolen loot - and discover a police station has been built over its hiding place.

Crime
2007
Movie

The Walker

The Walker

5.2
2007

An escort who caters to Washington D.C.'s society ladies becomes involved in a murder case.

Crime
2001
Movie

Lantana

Lantana

6.6
2001

Plagued with grief over the murder of her daughter, Valerie Somers suspects that her husband John is cheating on her. When Valerie disappears, Detective Leon Zat attempts to solve the mystery of her absence. A complex web of love, sex and deceit emerges -- drawing in four related couples whose various partners are distrustful and suspicious about each other's involvement.

Comedy
1949
Movie

Kind Hearts and Coronets

Kind Hearts and Coronets

7.7
1949

When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be buried in the family mausoleum, Louis avenges his mother's death by attempting to murder every family member who stands between himself and the family fortune. But when he finds himself torn between his longtime love and the widow of one of his victims, his plans go awry.

Drama
1985
Movie

When Father Was Away on Business

When Father Was Away on Business

7.3
1985

Tito's break-up with Stalin in 1948 marked the beginning of not only confusing, but also very dangerous years for many hard-core Yugoslav communists. A careless remark about the newspaper cartoon is enough for Mesha to join many arrested unfortunates. His family is now forced to cope with the situation and wait for his release from prison.

Comedy
1949
Movie

Jour de Fête

Jour de Fête

7.1
1949

Jour de Fête tells the story of an inept and easily-distracted French mailman who frequently interrupts his duties to converse with the local inhabitants, as well as inspect the traveling fair that has come to his small community. Influenced by too much wine and a newsreel account of rapid transportation methods used by the United States postal system, he goes to hilarious lengths to speed the delivery of mail while aboard his bicycle.

Horror
1945
Movie

Dead of Night

Dead of Night

7.2
1945

Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare. Dreading the end of the dream that he knows is coming, he must first listen to all the assembled guests' own bizarre tales.

Horror
1960
Movie

Village of the Damned

Village of the Damned

7.2
1960

In a small English village everyone suddenly falls unconscious. When they awake every woman of child bearing age is pregnant. The resulting children have the same strange blond hair, eyes and a strong connection to each other.

Drama
1946
Movie

The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives

7.8
1946

It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.

Comedy
1928
Movie

The Circus

The Circus

8
1928

Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.

Mystery
1938
Movie

The Lady Vanishes

The Lady Vanishes

7.5
1938

On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of unconsciousness and wakes to find the old woman has disappeared. The other passengers ominously deny Miss Froy ever existed, so Iris begins to investigate with another traveler and, as the pair sleuth, romantic sparks fly.

Genre : Mystery

Drama
1960
Movie

Eyes Without a Face

Eyes Without a Face

7.6
1960

Dr. Génessier is riddled with guilt after an accident that he caused disfigures the face of his daughter, the once beautiful Christiane, who outsiders believe is dead. Dr. Génessier, along with accomplice and laboratory assistant Louise, kidnaps young women and brings them to the Génessier mansion. After rendering his victims unconscious, Dr. Génessier removes their faces and attempts to graft them on to Christiane's.