Rating: NR
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: 09/10/2002
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 81 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Anchor Bay

Charles Crichton directed this Ealing caper comedy, with a witty script by T.E.B. Clarke that won an Academy Award. Alec Guinness is Henry Holland, an unassuming transporter of gold bullion who, after working for twenty years with no rewards in sight for his faithful service to his company, decides to reward himself by stealing one million pounds worth of gold. Calling on his old friend Pendlebury (Stanley Holloway), a manufacturer of paperweights and an amateur sculptor, and a couple of Cockney crooks, Lackery (Sidney James) and Shorty (Alfie Bass), they conspire to lift a gold shipment. After absconding with the gold, Henry melts the gold into a collection of souvenir Eiffel Towers, which he then ships off to Paris. But chaos reigns when a group of English schoolgirls purchase the gold towers, and the gang now become embroiled in a wild goose chase to recover their stolen gold.

~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Alec Guinness - Henry Holland
Stanley Holloway - Alfred Pendelbury
Sidney James - Lackery Wood
Alfie Bass - Shorty Fisher
Marjorie Fielding - Mrs. Chalk
Ronald Adam - Turner
Edie Martin - Miss Evesham
John Salew - Parkin
Arthur Hambling - Wallis
Gibb McLaughlin - Godwin
John Gregson - Farrow
Clive Morton - Station Sergeant
Frederick Piper - Cafe Owner
Peter Bull - Joe the Gab
Patric Doonan - Craggs
Marie Burke - Senora Gallardo
Audrey Hepburn - Chiquita
Michael Trubshawe - Ambassador

Production:
Charles Crichton - Director
Michael Balcon - Producer
Georges Auric - Composer
Seth Holt - Editor
T.E.B. Clarke - Screen Writer
William Kellner - Art Director
Michael Truman - Associate Producer
Jeff Seaholme - Camera Operator
Douglas Slocombe - Cinematographer
Anthony Mendleson - Costume Designer
Norman Priggen - First Assistant Director
Ernest Taylor - Makeup
Ernest Irving - Musical Direction/Supervision
Syd Pearson - Special Effects
Stephen Dalby - Sound/Sound Designer

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