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Glimmering new 4K restoration of THE LAVENDER HILL MOB (1951), the enduring Ealing Studios comedy classic directed by CHARLES CRICHTON with cinematography by the great DOUGLAS SLOCOMBE. Winner of a BAFTA for Best British Film and an Academy Award® for Best Screenplay, THE LAVENDER HILL MOB remains today one of the finest British comedies ever made. Holland (ALEC GUINNESS) is a shy, retiring man who works 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 them into France. Soon after, they gain the services of professional criminals Lackery (SID JAMES) and Shorty (ALFIE BASS) and the four plot what they believe will be the perfect crime – which turns out to be anything but!

FEATURES:
UHD and Blu-ray
64-page booklet
x 2 posters
x 4 pop-art artcards
NEW The Lavender Hill Mob: Analysis by BENEDICT MORRISON
NEW London Comedy Film Festival Q&A with PAUL MERTON
Introduction by MARTIN SCORSESE F Those British Faces: Stanley Holloway
Extract from BEHP Audio interview with CHARLES CRICHTON
Good Afternoon: Mavis interviews T.E.B. CLARKE
Audio Commentary by film historian JEREMY ARNOLD
Original Trailer
Behind the Scenes Stills Gallery