Directed by:
Charles CrichtonCinematography:
Douglas SlocombeComposer:
Georges AuricCast:
Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James, Alfie Bass, Gibb McLaughlin, John Gregson, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw, Desmond Llewelyn, Frederick Piper (more)VOD (1)
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Classic Ealing comedy starring Alec Guinness as a mild-mannered bank clerk whose sudden compulsion to rob the bank he works for causes all manner of chaos. Henry Holland (Guinness) has been trusted with delivering gold bullion for 20 years and is considered a safe pair of hands by his employers. However, Henry harbours dreams of becoming rich and hatches a plan to steal the gold when he makes the acquaintance of the artist, Alfred Pendlebury (Stanley Holloway). The pair realise that if Alfred melts the stolen gold into miniature statues of the Eiffel Tower, it could be smuggled safely to France and sold on. However, things go awry when the gold statues become mixed in with a group of ordinary statues, leading to a frantic chase as Henry and Alfred try to recover the gold without their crime being detected. The film features a brief cameo from a young Audrey Hepburn. (Optimum Home Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Alec Guinness
UK
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Stanley Holloway
UK
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Sidney James
South Africa
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Alfie Bass
UK
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Gibb McLaughlin
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John Gregson
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Robert Shaw
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Desmond Llewelyn
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Frederick Piper
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Peter Bull
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Pavel Demel
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Edie Martin
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Richard Wattis
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Marie Ney
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Patrick Barr
India
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Marie Burke
UK
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Jacques B. Brunius
France
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Valerie Singleton
UK
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