“What is the league ... Who are the gentlemen ?”
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.
Basil Dearden
Michael Relph
Bryan Forbes
Arthur Ibbetson
Philip Green
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
... and 34 more
John Chard
These Gentlemen are indeed extraordinary. The League of Gentlemen is directed by Basil Deardon and adapted to screenplay by Bryan Forbes from the novel written by John Boland. Forbes himself stars alongside Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Richard Attenborough, Roger Livesey, Kieron Moore, Terence Al...
The League of Gentlemen (1960) Original Trailer [FHD]
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The League of Gentlemen Trailer (1960) - The Criterion Collection
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