The Lavender Hill Mob
- 1951 film
An Ealing Studios comedy classic, The Lavender Hill Mob stars Alec Guinness & Stanley Holloway attempting to carry out the perfect crime. Also features Sid James, Alfie Bass, Marjorie Fielding, John Gregson, Clive Morton and more.
Streaming rank this week: 483
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Cinema and 4K Blu-ray releases for Ealing classic comedies
Ealing Studios classics The Lavender Hill Mob and Kind Hearts & Coronets will return to cinemas this year, and come to UHD Blu-ray for the first time as stunning new 4K restorations.
British Comedy Guide, 21st February 2024Miles Jupp and Justin Edwards to star in stage version of The Lavender Hill Mob
Miles Jupp and Justin Edwards will reunite for a new staging of the classic Ealing Comedy The Lavender Hill Mob, which will embark on a new tour from October.
Alex Wood, What's On Stage, 15th June 2022Streaming: The Duke and other great heist movies
Roger Michell's delightful art-theft romp starring Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren joins robbery classics from The Lavender Hill Mob to Rififi and Widows.
Guy Lodge, The Guardian, 16th April 2022A sublime Ealing comedy, with an Oscar-winning script by T.E.B. Clarke. Alec Guinness is a lowly bank clerk who teams up with hefty Stanley Holloway to pull off an outrageous bullion robbery. Crichton directs with a deft touch and among the usual suspects are henchmen Alfie Bass and Sid James.
Paul Howlett, The Guardian, 11th June 2016Sid James's 20 best - and weirdest - films
Film noir; gritty drama; 'swinging' song and dance numbers... On the 40th anniversary of his death, here's proof that there was more to Sidney James than just a dirty laugh.
Andy Roberts, The Telegraph, 26th April 2016The Lavender Hill Mob - review
Alec Guinness is the timid bank clerk in one of the classic Ealing comedies celebrating its 60th birthday with a cinema rerelease.
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 22nd July 2011