The Lavender Hill Mob

A former bank clerk narrates a successful gold bullion heist that involved melting it down to make paperweights resembling the Eiffel Tower, but ends up being arrested after failing to retrieve mistakenly sold paperweights from a group of schoolgirls. The Lavender Hill Mob is a 1951 English-language Comedy Crime motion picture featuring Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James, Alfie Bass, Marjorie Fielding, Edie Martin and Neil Wilson. Ealing Studios was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Michael Balcon. The Lavender Hill Mob is written by T. E. B. Clarke and directed by Charles Crichton. General Film Distributors acquired the distribution rights for the film. The Lavender Hill Mob was released on 10th September 1951 and takes a screen time of 81 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released. The film made a box office gross of $0 million. Cinematography was done by Douglas Slocombe and editing by Seth Holt. The music was composed by Georges Auric. At the 1953 Oscar Awards It won an award for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay. At the 1951 Venice Film Festival It also won an award for Best Screenplay.