The League Of Gentlemen was a 1959 English crime
film directed by
Basil Dearden[?] and starring
Jack Hawkins[?] and
Nigel Patrick[?] with
Terence Alexander[?],
Richard Attenborough,
Norman Bird[?],
Bryan Forbes[?],
Roger Livesey[?] and
Kieron Moore[?]. It was based on the 1958 novel by
John Boland[?] and was adapted by Boland and
Bryan Forbes[?]. The film was made through
Allied Film Makers[?] in just two months and it was distributed by the
Rank Organization[?]. It premiered in 1960.
The basis of the plot is a group of ex-Army officers rob a bank with a very military and effective plan. It was one of the first English films to have all the elements of the successful 1950s US heist films, although with a distinctly English tinge.
The film was the most successful in Britain of 1960.