The men who broke the bank and lost the cargo!
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.
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Comic, warm, resolved and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- resolvedopen-ended
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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Cast
- Alec GuinnessHenry 'Dutch' Holland
- Stanley HollowayAlbert Pendlebury
- Sidney JamesLackery Wood
- Alfie BassShorty Fisher
- Marjorie FieldingMrs. Chalk
- Edie MartinMiss Evesham
- John SalewParkin
- Ronald AdamTurner
- Arthur HamblingWallis
- Gibb McLaughlinGodwin
Crew
- Charles CrichtonDirector
- T. E. B. ClarkeScreenplay
- Douglas SlocombeDirector of Photography
- Georges AuricOriginal Music Composer
- Seth HoltEditor
- Michael BalconProducer
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