The Lavender Hill Mob
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United Kingdom · 1951
1h 18m
Director Charles Crichton
Starring Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sid James, Alfie Bass
Genre Comedy, Crime
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A meek bank clerk in charge of overseeing shipments of gold bullion with ambitions of a life of riches enlists the help of a souvenir maker in order to assemble a criminal team and smuggle gold out of the country by smelting it into miniature eiffel towers.
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