Tag: Nigel Patrick

Jack Hawkins stars in the British caper film with military order from Basil Dearden

‘The League of Gentlemen’ – a very British heist on The Criterion Channel

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Basil Dearden’s The League of Gentlemen (1960) is a sturdy and meticulous heist film built on an appreciation of teamwork, camaraderie and hard work: a professional work about professionals working. That’s the foundation of many a classic heist or men-on-a-mission thriller and this film offers it as a kind of skewed redemption for a misfit […]