The Lavender Hill Mob (All Region DVD) 1951 Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James

A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipment of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country.
Director: Charles Crichton
INSIDE JOB: Ealing Studios, planning a bank-robbery film, asked the Bank of England to devise a way in which a million pounds could be stolen from the bank. A special committee was created and their plan is the one used in the film.