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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.
The League of Gentlemen: Directed by Basil Dearden. With Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey, Richard Attenborough. A disgruntled veteran recruits a group of disgraced colleagues to perform a bank robbery with military precision.
The League of Gentlemen. Bitter about being forced into retirement, a colonel (wittily embodied by Jack Hawkins) ropes a cadre of former British army men into aiding him in a one-million-pound bank robbery—a risky, multitiered plan that involves infiltrating a military compound.
The League of Gentlemen is a masterful genre film, exploiting the pulpy aspects of its central conceit while laying bare some uneasy realities about how British culture was handling the emotional fallout of the war generation come the late 1950s.
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 the scheme.
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Summaries. A disgruntled veteran recruits a group of disgraced colleagues to perform a bank robbery with military precision. Involuntarily-retired Lieutenant Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project.
The League of Gentlemen (1960) Trailer - Check out the official trailer for "The League of Gentlemen," a 1960 movie starring Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, and Roger Livesey.
