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In this British crime caper, Hyde (Jack Hawkins), a bitter former military officer, decides to rob a bank and recruits a number of ex-army men to join in on ...
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The League of Gentlemen, British crime film, released in 1960, that defined the genre in its day, despite its grounding in humour. It was based on the novel of the same name by John Boland. Jack Hawkins played a disgruntled ex-army colonel who recruits a group of disheartened, money-hungry former servicemen to carry out an audacious bank heist.
In Hyde's basement, the gang train for and plan the robbery using maps and models. On the eve of the operation, Hyde destroys the plans and sighs: they have reminded him of his days of military glory. The robbery is bloodless and precise. Using smoke bombs, sub-machine guns and radio-jamming equipment, the gang raids the bank, near St Paul's.
The League of Gentlemen: With Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Jeremy Dyson. An interweaving narrative chronicling the antics of such diverse characters as: a transgender taxi driver, a family obsessed with hygiene and toads, a fiery reverend, a carnival owner who kidnaps women into marriage, and a xenophobic couple who run a local shop for local people.
10 de set. de 2012 · A terrific caper movie, adapted by Bryan Forbes from a novel by John Boland. Hawkins is at his gruff best as an embittered ex-army colonel who assembles a seven
The film is consistently entertaining, partly because it is so English and makes no attempt to emulate Jules Dassin’s Rififi, the tense tale of a Parisian jewel heist, that came out in 1955 and was a universal success. Certain characters are now defunct, like Bunny Warren (Robert Coote), an old chum of Hyde’s who turns up at the house after ...
An embittered army officer recruits a shady bunch of ex-servicemen to help him pull off a daring £1 million bank robbery. In preparation for the event, the league must first face an array of other challenges.
