A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country.
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Alec Guinness
Henry 'Dutch' Holland
Stanley Holloway
Albert Pendlebury
Sidney James
Lackery
Alfie Bass
Shorty
Marjorie Fielding
Mrs. Chalk
Edie Martin
Miss Evesham
John Salew
Parkin
Ronald Adam
Turner
Arthur Hambling
Wallis
Gibb McLaughlin
Godwin
Director
Charles Crichton
Screenplay
T. E. B. Clarke
Tagline
"The men who broke the bank and lost the cargo!"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Production
Ealing Studios, The Rank Organisation
CharlesTheBold
March 3, 2017
Henry Holland ( Alec Guinness) is a clerk at the Bank of England. Because of his perfect record and self-effacing manner, he is considered thoroughly trustworthy and is even assigned to accompany shipments of gold. In reality Holland has a carefully hidden desire to commit the Perfect Crime, and is waiting for the big chance. The big chance comes when he befriends another frustrated man, Pendle...
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