The League of Gentlemen (1960)

7.0/10 116 min Comedy Crime

Overview

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. The job is a bank robbery, and military discipline and planning are imposed by Hyde and second-in-command Race on the team, although civilian irritations do start getting in the way.

Cast

Jack Hawkins

Hyde

Nigel Patrick

Race

Roger Livesey

Mycroft

Richard Attenborough

Lexy

Bryan Forbes

Porthill

Kieron Moore

Stevens

Terence Alexander

Rupert

Norman Bird

Weaver

Robert Coote

Bunny Warren

Melissa Stribling

Peggy

Nanette Newman

Elizabeth

Lydia Sherwood

Hilda

Doris Hare

Molly Weaver

David Lodge

C.S.M.

Patrick Wymark

Wylie

Gerald Harper

Captain Saunders

Brian Murray

Grogan

Oliver Reed

Chorus Boy (uncredited)

Roger Hammond

Chorus Boy (uncredited)

Claire Gordon

Porthill's Blonde (uncredited)

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