The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Holland (Alec Guiness), a shy retiring man dreams of being rich and
living the good life. Faithfully, for 20 years, he has worked 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 the gold from
England into France. Soon after, the two plant a story to gain the
services of professional criminals Lackery (Sid James) and Shorty
(Alfie Bass). Together, the four plot their crime, leading to
unexpected twists and turns.
The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to
Mallingford branch line, a group of local village residents make a bid
to run it themselves, backed by a monied member of the community who is
attracted by the complete lack of licensing hours on trains.
Unfortunately this puts them into direct competition with the local bus
company...
Hue And Cry (1947)
Hue and Cry has since become known as the first of the Ealing comedies
proper, and was also the first to make brilliant use of post-war London
outside locations. The story follows a boy who becomes convinced that a
major heist is being planned and executed through the pages of boys’
weekly serial The Trump. Having been laughed out of the police station,
he and the rest of his friends set about entrapping the culprits and
exposing the plot.
Dead Of Night (1945)
Starring Mervyn Johns, Michael Redgrave and Googie Withers, Dead of
Night represented a departure for Ealing from the classic comedy mould
and is instead a spooky psychological thriller made up of 5 chilling
ghost stories. An architect visits a country house only to get trapped
in recurring nightmare involving tales of the occult told by fellow
guests at the manor. Dead of Night preyed masterfully upon the
traumatized country’s post war paranoia.
None specified Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sid James, Alfie Bass, Majorie
Fielding, John Salew, John Gregson, Clive Morten, Audrey Hepburn,
William (James) Fox, Meredith Edwards, Arthur Mullard, Robert Shaw,
Richard Wattis, John Gregson, Godfrey Tearle, Reginald Beckwith, Sam Kydd, Alastair Sim, Harry Fowler, Jack Warner, Dandy Nichols, Joan Dowling, Mervyn Johns, Michael Redgrave, Googie Withers, Roland Culver, Miles Malleson, Basil Radford, Peter Jones Charles Crichton,
349 mins
1945 - 1953
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