Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sid James
Holland, 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 Pend...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 10, 2002
Stats: 204 reviews
Brilliant Ealing comedy, this pitch-perfect crime caper stars Alec Guinness in one of his finest performances, a timid clerk who decides to claim himself a fortune with a motely crew including Ealing mainstay Stanley Holloway. The film is probably the template for all bungling cr...( read more)
An Ealing comedy that is part comedy and part conventional heist film. The idea is that a group of misfits decide to commit a robbery if only because they needed an adventure to get away from their mundane lives. The fact that the heist participants are generally good natured peo...( read more)
Give this oldie a chance, if you like your crime capers on the slightly comic side.
Holland is a reserved man who will shorty retire from his job at the bank watching guarding the gold bullion; and one day he comes across Pendlebury who makes souvenirs and in the process comes across an ingenius plan to on his last journey steal the bullion and melt them into so...( read more)
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