Movie
The League of Gentlemen
Overview
Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the cupboard, is short of money, and is a service-trained expert in his field. The job is a bank robbery, and military discipline and planning are imposed by Hyde and second-in-command Race on the team, although civilian irritations do start getting in the way.
Details
- Release date
- 1960-04-15
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Allied Film Makers
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jack Hawkins as Hyde
- Nigel Patrick as Race
- Roger Livesey as Mycroft
- Richard Attenborough as Lexy
- Bryan Forbes as Porthill
- Kieron Moore as Stevens
- Terence Alexander as Rupert
- Norman Bird as Weaver
- Robert Coote as Bunny Warren
- Melissa Stribling as Peggy
- Nanette Newman as Elizabeth
- Lydia Sherwood as Hilda
Crew
- Basil Dearden - Director
- Bryan Forbes - Screenplay
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