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The League of Gentlemen. (film) 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.
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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.
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Rent The League of Gentlemen on Prime Video, Apple TV, or buy it on Prime Video, Apple TV. In this British crime caper, Hyde (Jack Hawkins), a bitter former military officer, decides to rob a bank ...
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In Hyde's basement, the gang train for and plan the robbery using maps and models. On the eve of the operation, Hyde destroys the plans and sighs: they have reminded him of his days of military glory. The robbery is bloodless and precise. Using smoke bombs, sub-machine guns and radio-jamming equipment, the gang raids the bank, near St Paul's.
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. A delightful cast of British all-stars, including Richard ...
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League Of Gentlemen, The (1960) -- (Movie Clip) The Liquor's Genuine Assembling in London's famous Cafe Royal after getting mysterious invitations promising profits, Bryan Forbes (who wrote the screenplay), Terence Alexander, Richard Attenborough, Roger Livesey, Kieron Moore and Norman Bird begin appraising each other, before Jack Hawkins begins to explain, Nigel Patrick arriving late, in the ...
Director. John Boland. Novel. Bryan Forbes. Screenplay. Reviews. Written by John Chard on August 28, 2014. 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.
