Alec Guinness 5-Film Collection [DVD]
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Alec Guinness 5-Film Collection

Format:   DVD 
 
In a tour de force performance, Alec Guinness portrays eight members of an aristocratic family, each of whom is knocked off one by one by title-seeking relative Dennis Price. The wickedly funny black comedy "Kind Hearts And Coronets" (1949) also stars Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood. Timid bank clerk Guinness hatches a scheme to steal a fortune in bullion, melt the gold down, and disguise it as miniature Eiffel Tower souvenirs in the Oscar-winning Ealing comedy "The Lavender Hill Mob" (1951). With Stanley Holloway, Sid James, and a brief appearance by a young Audrey Hepburn. Guinness returns to play "The Man In The White Suit" (1951), a hapless inventor whose new indestructible, stain-resistant fabric puts him at odds with both clothing industrialists and garment workers' unions. Greenwood, Cecil Parker co-star. And ferry skipper Guinness shuttles between Gibraltar and Algiers--and the wives (Celia Johnson and Yvonne De Carlo, respectively) he keeps in each port--in "The Captain's Paradise" (1953). Five-disc set also includes "The Ladykillers" (1955). 7 1/2 hrs. total. Standard/Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
Academy Award ®
Winner: Best Original Screenplay
Nominee: Best Actor (Alec Guinness), Best Screenplay, Best Original Story, Best Original Screenplay
 
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Category:
Comedy
Director:
Anthony Kimmins
Rated:
NR
Color:
Black & White / Color
Closed Captioned:
 Yes
Cast:  Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Cecil Parker, Joan Greenwood, Dennis Price, Herbert Lom, Sid James, Alfie Bass, Peter Sellers, Valerie Hobson, Michael Gough, Danny Green, Audrey Fildes, Ernest Thesiger, Marjorie Fielding, John Gregson, Vida Hope, Katie Johnson, Miles Malleson, Jack Warner, John Penrose, Frankie Howerd, Clive Morton, Cecil Ramage, Ronald Adam... More
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