The League Of Gentlemen - Film - British Comedy Guide

1960 film

Comic crime caper about an audacious robbery plotted and executed by a group of former military men. Stars Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey, Richard Attenborough, Bryan Forbes and more.

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The League Of Gentlemen. Image shows from L to R: Captain Porthill (Bryan Forbes), 'Padre' Mycroft (Roger Livesey), Lieutenant Edward Lexy (Richard Attenborough), Major Peter Graham Race (Nigel Patrick), John George Norman Hyde (Jack Hawkins), Friend Stevens (Kieron Moore), Captain Weaver (Norman Bird), Major Rupert Smith (Terence Alexander). Copyright: Rank Organisation

Genre

Film

Released

1960

Stars

Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey, Richard Attenborough, Bryan Forbes, Kieron Moore, Robert Coote, Terence Alexander and more

Writers

John Boland and Bryan Forbes

Director

Basil Dearden

Producer

Michael Relph

Company

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In the prime of middle age and unceremoniously redundant after 25 years' faithful service to the military, Colonel Hyde feels understandably peeved. But reading an American crime novel gives him inspiration for an audacious bank robbery: executed with military precision, the first of its kind in Britain.

Using his last days at work to scour archives for suitable candidates, he assembles a crack team of seven similarly embittered, or just plain bankrupt, former military men - each expert in his own field, from radio communications to explosives.

After more than a year's meticulous planning, Hyde assembles the misfit group of strangers and asks their assistance. More than a million pounds could be up for grabs: a guaranteed minimum of £100,000 each. Each man has been trained at considerable taxpayer expense with exquisite discipline and craft.

If they agree to join him, this could just be the perfect crime.