The League of Gentlemen (Original title)
Dates: 1960 (Copyright), 16 November 1959 (Production), 18 April 1960 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Basil Dearden
Synopsis: Story of ex-army men who form a crime syndicate and try to commit the "perfect crime".
Genre: Crime
Subject: Theft
Releases
Date: 1960not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 113 mins Length: 10215 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: October 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 116 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Title: Back to schoolAuthor: ROBERTS, Andrew Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Discusses the tradition of the British boarding school films and the trend from the acceptance of public school values t o something more cynical. The author notes that the genre wa s neglected until the adaptation on the HARRY POTTER novel
In: Classic Television n5 Jun/Jul 1998 Pages: 10-25
Title: British Film: The Classic Television top 100Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: A brief history of British film and Classic Television read- ers' 100 British films. Films listed with short synopses.
In: Kine Weekly n2740 7 Apr 1960 Page: 10
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2740 7 Apr 1960: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v27 n316 May 1960 Page: 65
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v27 n316 May 1960: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n8288 1 Apr 1960 Page: 5
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8288 1 Apr 1960: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 13 Apr 1960
Title: [Variety - 13 Apr 1960: no known title]Language: English
Author: BOLAND, John Pages: 160p
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Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 909 FeetBFI identifier: C-90401
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Dates: 1960 (Copyright), 16 November 1959 (Production), 18 April 1960 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Basil Dearden
Synopsis: Story of ex-army men who form a crime syndicate and try to commit the "perfect crime".
Genre: Crime
Subject: Theft
Releases
Date: 1960not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 113 mins Length: 10215 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: October 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 116 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
(37)
©/An Allied Film Makers Production: Allied Film Makers, Released by: Rank Film Distributors, Produced by: Michael Relph, Production Manager: Charles Orme, [Production Secretary]: Lorely Farley, Assistant Director: George Pollard, [Assistant Director (2nd)]: Ian Goddard, [Assistant Director (3rd)]: Terry Clegg, Continuity: Penny Daniels, Screenplay by: Bryan Forbes, From the novel by: John Boland, Director of Photography: Arthur Ibbetson, Camera Operator: H.A.R. Thomson, [Focus Puller]: Steve Claydon, [Clapper/Loader]: Malcolm Vinson, [Stills]: Ian Jeayes, Editor: John D. Guthridge, [Assistant Editor]: Marcel Durham, [Assistant Editor (2nd)]: Vera Dover, Art Director: Peter Proud, Set Dresser: Arthur Taksen, [Chief Draughtsman]: Bert Davey, [Draughtsman]: Terence Marsh, [Junior Draughtsman]: Ted Ambrose, [Prop Buyer]: Peter Pratley, [Dress Designer]: Joan Ellacott, [Wardrobe]: John Hilling, Make-up: Harry Frampton, Hairdressing: Barbara Ritchie, Music Composed and Conducted by: Philip Green, Sound Recordist: E.G. Daniels, Bill Daniels, [Boom Operator]: Harry Fairbairn, Sound Editor: Harry Miller, [Publicist]: Diana Hawkins, Made at: Pinewood Studios
Cast
(21)
Jack Hawkins (John George Norman Hyde), Nigel Patrick (Major Peter Graham Race), Roger Livesey (Mycroft), Richard Attenborough (Edward Lexy), Bryan Forbes (Martin Porthill), Kieron Moore (Stevens), Robert Coote (Bunny Warren), Terence Alexander (Rupert Rutland-Smith), Melissa Stribling (Peggy), Norman Bird (Frank Weaver), Nanette Newman (Elizabeth), David Lodge (C.S.M.), Lydia Sherwood (Hilda), Doris Hare (Molly Weaver), Patrick Wymark (Wylie), Gerald Harper (Captain Saunders), Brian Murray (Grogan), Dinsdale Landen ([boxer]), Oliver Reed ([`Babes in the woods' rehearsal dancer]), Norman Rossington ([canteen orderly]), Nigel Green ([man in truck cabin])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(6)
In: Sight and Sound v17 n8 August 2007 Pages: 46-49Title: Back to schoolAuthor: ROBERTS, Andrew Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Discusses the tradition of the British boarding school films and the trend from the acceptance of public school values t o something more cynical. The author notes that the genre wa s neglected until the adaptation on the HARRY POTTER novel
In: Classic Television n5 Jun/Jul 1998 Pages: 10-25
Title: British Film: The Classic Television top 100Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: A brief history of British film and Classic Television read- ers' 100 British films. Films listed with short synopses.
In: Kine Weekly n2740 7 Apr 1960 Page: 10
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2740 7 Apr 1960: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v27 n316 May 1960 Page: 65
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v27 n316 May 1960: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n8288 1 Apr 1960 Page: 5
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8288 1 Apr 1960: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 13 Apr 1960
Title: [Variety - 13 Apr 1960: no known title]Language: English
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(1)
Title: The league of gentlemenAuthor: BOLAND, John Pages: 160p
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(5)
Video materials(2)
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: C-1457068
Status: On loan - Restricted access to videotape on loan to BFI
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-376946
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Film materials(3)
Description: Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteBFI identifier: C-90400
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 10148 FeetBFI identifier: C-915092
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 909 FeetBFI identifier: C-90401
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film