The League of Gentlemen

Synopsis

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.

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When & where

Streaming on

• Criterion Channel↗

Top of the call sheet

• 
  Jack Hawkins
  as Hyde
• 
  Nigel Patrick
  as Race
• 
  Roger Livesey
  as Mycroft
• 
  Richard Attenborough
  as Lexy
• 
  Bryan Forbes
  as Porthill
• 
  Kieron Moore
  as Stevens

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