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Lakeshore Classic Movies
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Season 2023
Episode 118
Alec Guinness stars as a mild-mannered bank clerk who plots to steal gold bullion in this British caper film comedy, which also features Stanley Holloway and Audrey Hepburn.
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James Cagney plays an editor of a Tokyo newspaper in Imperial Japan in the 1930s.
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After heist goes wrong, Paul Henreid assumes a new identity, which leads to new problems.
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Handsome young man plans to dispose of his wealthy older wife before she changes her will.
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Street performer (Charles Laughton) adds a beautiful pickpocket (Vivien Leigh) to his act.
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Reporter tries to exploit the "imminent" death of an ailing young woman (Carole Lombard).
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Newspaper editor will do anything to make sure retiring reporter works on one last story.
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When the show’s star walks out, a producer casts a chorus girl (Vera-Ellen) as a new lead.
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James Stewart is in the middle of a feud between uncle and a neighboring musical family.
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Bob Hope is mistaken for a detective by a baroness (Dorothy Lamour) in film noir parody.
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A reclusive tycoon (Orson Welles) hires a shady American to investigate his past.
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Shakespearean actor (Vincent Price) seeks revenge against his critics in 70’s gorefest.
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Buster Keaton is a Confederate engineer trying to get his train back from Union spies.