The Lavender Hill Mob
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Movie Reviews of The Lavender Hill Mob
Movie Review: OK British Caper Comedy
Summary: 3 Stars
This film was a slight disappointment to me. I had always heard that it was a classic comedy from the Ealing Studios. I'm aware that the film won an Oscar for it's script and that Alec Guiness was nominated for his efforts here. The film is mildly engaging but seems to me a rather routine caper film. Guiness and co-star Stanley Holloway have a good chemistry. It just didn't live up to my expectations. A possible detriment is the Cockney accents of alot of the characters is rather thick and you have to strain to figure out what they're saying. On a trivial note, Christopher Hewitt, who played Roger DeBris in Mel Brooks' "The Producers" and the title role in TV's "Mr. Belvedere" has a small role as a constable.Movie Review: dreams of wealth go for nothing
Summary: 3 Stars
This movie is a classic British comedy from the 50's.
I remember seeing it when I was very young and not understanding it very well.
Like a lot of British comedy it assumes that you know or appreciate the
circumstances of the average person in London.
The boarding house/ hotel he lives in for instance is nothing like
anything available in California, then or in most cases now.
When I went to school in LA in the '60's
I lived in an American version of this run by a British couple and their children.
The plot is very unlikely and at times also very funny in a black humor sort of way.
Here crime definitely doesn't pay.
Movie Review: Not Watchable
Summary: 2 Stars
I'm a huge movie buff, love Alec Guinness, and enjoy offbeat comedies, but my kids and I simply couldn't get into one.
Aneil