StudioCanal
Original title: The Lavender Hill Mob
Year: 1951
Country: UK
Region Code: 4K UHD: A/B/C; Blu-Ray: B
Content: 4K UHD + Blu-Ray
EAN: 5055201851802
Image: 1.37:1 (2160p)
HDR: HDR10
Audio: English LPCM Mono 2.0
Subtitles: English
Rating: 0
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James, Alfie Bass
Director: Charles Crichton
Synopsis:
Glimmering new 4K restoration of THE LAVENDER HILL MOB (1951), the enduring Ealing Studios comedy classic directed by CHARLES CRICHTON with cinematography by the great DOUGLAS SLOCOMBE. Winner of a BAFTA for Best British Film and an Academy Award® for Best Screenplay, THE LAVENDER HILL MOB remains today one of the finest British comedies ever made. Holland (ALEC GUINNESS) is a shy, retiring man who works as a bank transfer agent for the delivery of gold bullion. One day he befriends Pendlebury (STANLEY HOLLOWAY), a maker of souvenirs. Holland remarks that, with Pendlebury's smelting equipment, one could forge the gold into harmless-looking toy Eiffel Towers and smuggle them into France. Soon after, they gain the services of professional criminals Lackery (SID JAMES) and Shorty (ALFIE BASS) and the four plot what they believe will be the perfect crime – which turns out to be anything but!
Additional features:
- 64-page booklet
- x 2 posters
- x 4 pop-art artcards
- NEW The Lavender Hill Mob: Analysis by BENEDICT MORRISON
- NEW London Comedy Film Festival Q&A with PAUL MERTON
- Introduction by MARTIN SCORSESE F Those British Faces: Stanley Holloway
- Extract from BEHP Audio interview with CHARLES CRICHTON
- Good Afternoon: Mavis interviews TEB CLARKE
- Audio Commentary by film historian JEREMY ARNOLD
- Original Trailer F Behind the Scenes Stills Gallery
