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28/06/1951 Comedy, Crime 1h 18m
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The men who broke the bank and lost the cargo!

Overview

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.

  1. Charles Crichton

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Alec Guinness

    Henry 'Dutch' Holland

  2. Stanley Holloway

    Albert Pendlebury

  3. Sidney James

    Lackery

  4. Alfie Bass

    Shorty

  5. Marjorie Fielding

    Mrs. Chalk

  6. Edie Martin

    Miss Evesham

  7. John Salew

    Parkin

  8. Ronald Adam

    Turner

  9. Arthur Hambling

    Wallis

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Full Cast & Crew

Reviews

A review by CharlesTheBold
Written by CharlesTheBold on 2017-03-03
Henry Holland ( Alec Guinness) is a clerk at the Bank of England. Because of his perfect record and self-effacing manner, he is considered thoroughly trustworthy and is even assigned to accompany shipments of gold. In reality Holland has a carefully hidden desire to commit the Perfect Crime, and is waiting for the big chance. The big chance comes when he befriends another frustrated man, Pendlebury (Stanley Halloway) who has the foreign connections that Holland needs.

The result is a hilarious parody of the traditional gangster movie, which plays all the traditional tropes for laughs --...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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