The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) on Netflix
Henry Holland has spent twenty years handling gold bullion deliveries for a London bank. He wants to steal a consignment. He brings in Alfred Pendlebury, a souvenir maker with a foundry.
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For twenty years Henry Holland has looked after gold bullion deliveries at a London bank, and he now plans to take a consignment for himself. The difficulty is getting the gold out of Britain, since selling it on the black market at home is too risky. At the Lavender Hill boarding house where he lives, he meets Alfred Pendlebury, an artist whose foundry makes presents and souvenirs for holiday destinations, Paris among them. Pendlebury's equipment could turn the bullion into small Eiffel Tower paperweights for export to France, and he agrees to help. When Holland learns that the bank intends to move him to another department, the two bring in Lackery Wood and Shorty Fisher, petty thieves, and set the robbery in motion.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
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- Screenwriter T. E. B. Clarke is said to have come up with the idea of a clerk robbing his own bank while doing research for Pool of London (1951), a crime thriller about a jewel theft. He consulted the Bank of England, which set up a special committee to advise on how best the robbery could take place.
- The Lavender Hill Mob was one of the first films to feature Audrey Hepburn, who appeared in a minor role.
