The Lavender Hill Mob | |
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Directed by | Charles Crichton |
Written by | T. E. B. Clarke |
Produced by | Michael Balcon |
Starring | Alec Guinness Stanley Holloway |
Cinematography | Douglas Slocombe |
Edited by | Seth Holt |
Music by | Georges Auric |
Production company | |
Distributed by | General Film Distributors |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Box office | $31,288[2] |
The Lavender Hill Mob is a 1951 British comedy film from Ealing Studios, written by T. E. B. Clarke, directed by Charles Crichton, starring Alec Guinness and Stanley Holloway and featuring Sid James and Alfie Bass. The title refers to Lavender Hill, a street in Battersea, a district in London SW11, near to Clapham Junction railway station.
The British Film Institute ranked The Lavender Hill Mob the 17th greatest British film of all time. The original film was digitally restored and re-released to UK cinemas on 29 July 2011 to celebrate its 60th anniversary.[3] It is one of fifteen films listed in the category "Art" on the Vatican film list.[4]