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.
The Lavender Hill Mob is of 1 hour(s) and 18 minute(s). It is Produced By: Ealing Studios, The Rank Organisation. It was released on 1951-06-28. It has the tagline: The men who broke the bank and lost the cargo! It has an average vote of 7.17 on TMDB.
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