The Lavender Hill Mob

The Lavender Hill Mob ( Original title: The Lavender Hill Mob ) is a British comedy film directed by Charles Crichton from 1951 Germany premiere of under the title Once millionaire known film was on 18 January 1952..

Action

Henry Holland is a shy bank clerk in London, which is responsible for the delivery of gold bullion for years. Outwardly, he gives himself meticulously and overprotective, but he believes he has developed the perfect plan to rob the ingot and the subsequent escape. The idea came Holland, when a new tenant moved into his pension. Pendlebury is the owner of a foundry that produces useless jewelry factory. Pendlebury was also studied for a way to break out of his life so far.

When Holland is to be transferred to another branch of the bank, he wants to realize the plan. Within a week, hire Holland and Pendlebury at two crooks, Smith, Shorty, to help them in the robbery. The plan is simple but clever. Smith and Shorty will kidnap the gold car and drive to Pendleburys vans. The gold is worthless in the bar form, so it should be brought to the foundry, melted and brought in the form of small souvenir Eiffel Towers to France.

Through a small slip of the tongue, the plan goes awry. The owner of a souvenir shop has sold six of the gold turrets. When Holland and Pendlebury arrive they try zurückzuschaffen the missing towers. In five of the towers that works well. The sixth tower escaped them. After a wild chase through London Pendlebury is arrested. Holland to escape to South America, but is also arrested at the end of the film.

Reviews

  • For the lexicon of international film, the film is a " refreshingly light-hearted comedy thriller, which is a prime example of the post-war era of British comedy, which caricatured bubbling of ideas and full of dry humor, profound and at the same time loving the respectable petty bourgeois and his hidden dreams. "
  • The magazine Cinema from its internet portal: " Vollgepropft with hilarious car chases. "

Background

  • Robert Shaw is in the film his feature film debut, but he is just like the later performer of the James Bond inventor "Q", Desmond Llewelyn, not mentioned in the credits.
  • Audrey Hepburn was actually intended for a bigger role, but by her stage commitment, they had to resort to a small part.

Synchronization

The German synchronous processing in 1952 in the studios of the Rank Film Production synchronous Hamburg. Synchronous directed by Edgar Flatau.

Awards

  • Best British film

DVD Release

  • Once be a millionaire. Universal 2007

Soundtrack

  • Georges Auric: The Lavender Hill Mob. Suite. On: The Film Music of Georges Auric. Chandos, Colchester 1999, Media -No. CHAN 9774 - digital new recording by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Rumon Gamba
1951 in film Film score Douglas Slocombe Robert Shaw (British actor) Ralf Wolter John Gregson Sydney Tafler Academy Award for Best Actor Dead of Night Hunted (film)
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