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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
T.E.B. Clarke (original screenplay)
Release Date:
10 September 1951 (Sweden) more
Tagline:
He stole $3,000,000 in gold and that's a lot of BULLion! more
Plot:
A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipment of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country as miniature Eifel Towers. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(6 articles)
Retro Cafe: 'The Man in the White Suit'
(From CinemaSpy. 31 May 2009, 9:05 PM, PDT)
Ealing Studios Backed by Disney
(From WENN. 14 April 2003)
User Comments:
Small Ealing comedy that still delivers. more (37 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Alec Guinness | ... | Holland | |
| Stanley Holloway | ... | Pendlebury | |
| Sid James | ... | Lackery (as Sidney James) | |
| Alfie Bass | ... | Shorty | |
| Marjorie Fielding | ... | Mrs. Chalk | |
| Edie Martin | ... | Miss Evesham | |
| John Salew | ... | Parkin | |
| Ronald Adam | ... | Turner | |
| Arthur Hambling | ... | Wallis | |
| Gibb McLaughlin | ... | Godwin | |
| John Gregson | ... | Farrow | |
| Clive Morton | ... | Station Sergeant | |
| Sydney Tafler | ... | Clayton | |
| Marie Burke | ... | Senora Gallardo | |
| Audrey Hepburn | ... | Chiquita |
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Runtime:
UK:81 min
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Language:
English | French | Portuguese
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Iceland:L | USA:Approved (MPAA rating: certificate #15054) | UK:U (video rating) (1988) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:U
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Audrey Hepburn was considered for a larger role in this film, but stage work made her unavailable. Alec Guinness was impressed with the young actress and arranged for her to appear in a bit part. This is considered to be Hepburn's first appearance in a major film. more
Goofs:
Continuity: After the raid we see the maroon (dark colored) bullion van being driven into an abandoned warehouse to be emptied (33mins 10 secs into the movie). In the next short shot of the van parking, the van has now become a light colored van. After that we see the dark colored van again. more
Quotes:
Turner:
Paris, eh? You're stepping out, Holland. Wonderful, isn't it, what a little extra money will do?
Henry Holland:
Yes, it's going to make a big difference to me.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Batman: Louie's Lethal Lilac Time (#3.18)" (1968) more
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A banker decides to rob his own bank.
A classic small British film that punches above it weight. Good cast get their teeth in to an Oscar winning script. The kind of film they should show at films schools to show how good films are constructed and delivered. One of the top 100 comedy films ever made - although delivers small chuckles rather than out-and-out laughs.