Admittedly, I might be stretching the concept behind our 15th anniversary theme beyond the breaking point…but come on! A gang of wisecracking soldiers unite to pull of one big heist? It seemed appropriate at the time. Anyway, on with the heist!
LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN
League of Gentlemen begins with a scene that seems like it should have come from a German krimi film based on the lunatic mystery novels of Edgar Wallace. A well-dressed man in smart evening wear emerges from a manhole somewhere on one of the steamy streets of London then proceeds to enter a waiting Rolls Royce. He drives himself home and then sets about the task of writing seven letters. Each of these he places in a parcel alongside an American potboiler novel called The Golden Fleece, ten half-£5-notes, and an invitation to lunch at the Cafe Royal.
Keith Allison is the chief Bacchanologist at Teleport City.
#1 by lyzard on November 19, 2014 - 5:14 pm
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I admit, I’m a tiny bit cross with you…but I do love that film.
#2 by lyzard on November 19, 2014 - 5:23 pm
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…and in fact, to carry on your point about Victim, with its subplot about Kieron Moore’s character this film seems like a bit of a dry run – again with sympathy being extended to the victim of blackmailing, or rather, the victim of a system that facilitates blackmailing. What I adore about the handling of his homosexuality here is that it’s never allowed to be an issue: there’s one joke made (and not even at him) and then it’s not mentioned again.
#3 by RogerBW on November 21, 2014 - 10:56 am
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When I was writing an article on it a little while back, it rapidly became apparent that the two golden ages of safe-blowing were immediately after WWI and WWII. Lots of men with skill with explosives and a taste for excitement, suddenly looking for jobs that weren’t there.
This looks like just my sort of film.