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Rating: 7 stars

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Criterion Eclipse British Netflix

All movies seen on 01/31/2012

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The League of Gentlemen (1960)

Directed by Basil Dearden

Adventure | Comedy | Crime

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.

Rated NR | Length 116 minutes

Actors

Jack Hawkins | Nigel Patrick | Roger Livesey | Richard Attenborough | Bryan Forbes | Kieron Moore | Terence Alexander | Norman Bird | Robert Coote | Melissa Stribling | Nanette Newman | Lydia Sherwood | Doris Hare | David Lodge | Patrick Wymark | Gerald Harper | Brian Murray | Oliver Reed | Roger Hammond | Claire Gordon | Terence Plummer | Susanne Gibbs | Marie Burke | Nigel Green | Dinsdale Landen | Cyril Chamberlain | Norman Rossington | Beverly Bennett | Terence Edmond | Ernest Fennemore | Joe Dunne | Patrick Jordan | Ronald Leigh-Hunt | Gerry Judge | Tony Thawnton | Bruce Seton | John Richardson | Ned Lynch | Fred Machon | Cecil Paul | Joe Wadham | Pat Ryan | Tony Wager | Norman Morris | Mike Conner | Pearl Walters

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

A solid British crime caper/light comedy that the English used to be so damn good at making. Part of the Criterion Eclipse series, this set celebrating the works of Director Basil Dearden. I intend to visit more discs from the set via Netflix over the year.

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