THE LAVENDER HILL MOB (BLU-RAY DISC) IN SOUTH AFRICA

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Classic Ealing comedy starring Alec Guinness as a mild-mannered bank clerk whose sudden compulsion to rob the bank he works for causes all manner of chaos. Henry Holland (Guinness) has been trusted with delivering gold bullion for 20 years and is considered a safe pair of hands by his employers. However, Henry harbours dreams of becoming rich and hatches a plan to steal the gold when he makes the acquaintance of the artist, Alfred Pendlebury (Stanley Holloway). The pair realise that if Alfred melts the stolen gold into miniature statues of the Eiffel Tower, it could be smuggled safely to France and sold on. However, things go awry when the gold statues become mixed in with a group of ordinary statues, leading to a frantic chase as Henry and Alfred try to recover the gold without their crime being detected. The film features a brief cameo from a young Audrey Hepburn. Interactive Menus Bonus Footage Trailers Interviews: Excerpt from BECTU interview with Charles Crichton, Good Afternoon: Mavis interviews TEB Clarke Features Summary Classic Ealing comedy starring Alec Guinness as a mild-mannered bank clerk whose sudden compulsion to rob the bank he works for causes all manner of chaos... Studio Optimum Home Entertainment Format Blu-ray disc Release date 20110801 Contributors Alec Guinness (Actor), Stanley Holloway (Actor), Alfie Bass (Actor), Marjorie Fielding (Actor), John Gregson (Actor), Edie Martin (Actor), Clive Morton (Actor), Ronald Adam (Actor), Sidney Tafler (Actor), Jacques Brunius (Actor), Audrey Hepburn (Actor), Sid James (Actor), Eugene Deckers (Actor), Michael Balcon, T.E.B Clarke, Georges Auric, Ernest Irving, Douglas Slocombe, Charles Crichton (Director)