Movie Review: The Lavender Hill Mob (***1/2 out of 4 stars)
Year of Release: 1951Country of Origin: UK
Director: Charles Crichton
Cast: Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sid James, Alfie Bass, Marjorie Fielding
Plot outline: An overlooked gold transporter with twenty years service plots to steal a million pounds of gold (IMDb).
The story (***)
How the story unfolds (***1/2 a simple story, well told and perfectly paced, with several moments of glorious absurdity mixed in for good measure--most by design, but one or two because of how the world has changed since the British were so honest and trusting)
The characters (***1/2)
The acting (***1/2 Alec Guinness takes the lion's share of the best lines and moments, and Stanley Holloway corrals his equally impressive talents into a textbook presentation of how to be a foil. In the opening sequence Audrey Hepburn makes her screen debut as a vivacious young lady.)
Overall rating ***1/2 out of 4 stars
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