The League Of Gentlemen
The League of Gentlemen is a 1960 British heist action comedy film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey and Richard Attenborough. It is based on John Boland's 1958 novel of the same name, and features a screenplay written by Bryan Forbes, who also co-starred in the film.
Plot
A manhole opens at night in an empty street, and out climbs Lieutenant-Colonel Norman Hyde in a dinner suit. He gets into a Rolls-Royce and drives home. There, Hyde prepares seven envelopes, each containing an American crime paperback titled The Golden Fleece, one half of each of ten £5-notes, and an invitation to a lunch at the Cafe Royal hosted by "Co-Operative Removals Ltd."
More details
| author | Bryan Forbes |
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| contentLocation | London |
| director | Basil Dearden |
| editor | John D. Guthridge |
| genre | action comedy crime |
| keywords | £ army officer army training bank robbery black tie cafe royal capture city of london collect criminal record dinner suit dorset golden fleece hard work ira ireland irish irish republican army journey’s end kick out military unit number plates one by one pass police officer police van pound sterling radio jamming rolls-royce rolls-royce limited small boy smoke bombs st paul\'s st paul\'s cathedral sterling submachine gun submachine gun superintendent surveillance footage training camp vehicle registration plate |
| musicBy | Philip Green |
| nomination | BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay |
| producer | Michael Relph |
| productionCompany | Allied Film Makers |
| publisher | British Lion Films |
| recordedAt | Pinewood Studios |
| theme | action comedy crime comedy heist |