THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN (1960) ¢ ¢ ¢
D: Basil Dearden
Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesy,
Richard Attenborough, Kieron Moore, Norman Bird,
Terence Alexander, Robert Coote, Nanette Newman,
Bryan Forbes, Patrick Wymark, Melissa Stribling
The first time you see Jack Hawkins in this, he's climbing out of a sewer wearing a tuxedo and getting into a Rolls Royce. He's playing a retired army colonel who recruits seven fellow war veterans, all with specialized skills and checkered pasts, to pull off an elaborate bank robbery. Will they get away with it? That's hard to say, but it'll be fun watching them try. Check out Nigel Patrick when he's wearing a watch cap and see if you don't think he's a dead ringer for Bill Murray, and keep an eye out for a swishy Oliver Reed.
