"The Lavender Hill mob" is one of the best comedies of Ealing Studios in it's post-war period, in which it produced numerous classics of British cinema, before it's 1955 sale to BBC.This film is a light, witty and incredibly funny comedy caper,tightly packed in 78 minutes,(you'd wish it was longer, but it's just as it should be) so it doesn't waste a second or becomes boring or predictable. To the contrary, there are twists and turns on every corner. It was directed in style, by late master, Charles Crichton, and you can't avoid laughing out loud to the story of the "ordinary" man pursuing a lifestyle to which he is "unaccustomed".
The roles are superb, and the dialogs great. It deservedly won it's Academy and BAFTA awards, and they just don't make movies like that any more. A must see.
The roles are superb, and the dialogs great. It deservedly won it's Academy and BAFTA awards, and they just don't make movies like that any more. A must see.