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The League of Gentlemen (film)

Index The League of Gentlemen (film)

The League of Gentlemen is a 1960 British criminal comedy film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey, and Richard Attenborough. [1]

76 relations: Allied Film Makers, Arthur Ibbetson, Basil Dearden, Black tie, Brian Murray (actor), Brigadier, British Lion Films, Bruce Seton, Bryan Forbes, Captain (armed forces), Cary Grant, City of London, Company sergeant major, Criminal record, David Lodge (actor), Deborah Kerr, Dinsdale Landen, Doris Hare, Dorset, DVD, First lieutenant, Gerald Harper, Hotel Café Royal, Ireland, Irish Republican Army (1922–1969), Jack Hawkins, John Boland (author), Journey's End, Kieron Moore, Kingsley-International Pictures, Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom), Lydia Sherwood, Major (United Kingdom), Melissa Stribling, Michael Relph, Military chaplain, Nanette Newman, Nigel Green, Nigel Patrick, Norman Bird, Norman Rossington, Oliver Reed, Patrick Jordan, Patrick Wymark, PDF, Peter Sellers, Phil Hardy (journalist), Philip Green (composer), Police van, Pound sterling, ..., Private (rank), Radio jamming, Richard Attenborough, Robert Coote, Roger Livesey, Rolls-Royce Limited, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Smoke bomb, Special edition, St Paul's Cathedral, Staff sergeant, Submachine gun, Superintendent (police), Teetotalism, Terence Alexander, Terence Edmond, The Blue Lamp, The Criterion Collection, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The League of Gentlemen, The League of Gentlemen (novel), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The South Bank Show, The Wrong Arm of the Law, United Kingdom, Vehicle registration plate. Expand index (26 more) »

Allied Film Makers

Allied Film Makers was a short lived British production company formed in November 1959 which produced several films.

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Arthur Ibbetson

Arthur Ibbetson BSC (8 September 1922, Bishop Auckland, England – 19 October 1997, Hillingdon, Middlesex, England) was a British cinematographer.

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Basil Dearden

Basil Dearden (born Basil Clive Dear; 1 January 1911 – 23 March 1971) was an English film director.

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Black tie

Black tie, occasionally known in the English-speaking world by its French name cravate noire, is a dress code for evening events and social functions derived from British and American costume conventions of the 19th century.

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Brian Murray (actor)

Brian Murray (born Brian Bell; September 10, 1937) is a South African actor and theatre director who was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2004.

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Brigadier

Brigadier is a military rank, the seniority of which depends on the country.

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British Lion Films

British Lion Films is a film production and distribution company active under several forms since 1919.

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Bruce Seton

Major Sir Bruce Lovat Seton of Abercorn, 11th Baronet (29 May 1909 – 28 September 1969), better known as Bruce Seton, was a British actor and soldier.

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Bryan Forbes

Bryan Forbes CBE (born John Theobald Clarke; 22 July 1926 – 8 May 2013) was an English film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor and novelist, described as a "Renaissance man"Falk Q..

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Captain (armed forces)

The army rank of captain (from the French capitaine) is a commissioned officer rank historically corresponding to the command of a company of soldiers.

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Cary Grant

Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904November 29, 1986) was an English-American actor, known as one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men.

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City of London

The City of London is a city and county that contains the historic centre and the primary central business district (CBD) of London.

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Company sergeant major

The company sergeant major (CSM) is the senior non-commissioned soldier of a company in the armies of many Commonwealth countries, responsible for administration, standards and discipline.

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Criminal record

A criminal record or police record is a record of a person's criminal history.

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David Lodge (actor)

David William Frederick Lodge (19 August 1921 in Rochester, Kent, England – 18 October 2003 in Northwood, Middlesex, England) was an English character actor.

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Deborah Kerr

Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer CBE (30 September 192116 October 2007), known professionally as Deborah Kerr, was a Scottish film, theatre and television actress.

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Dinsdale Landen

Dinsdale James Landen (4 September 1932 – 29 December 2003) was a British actor whom The Independent named as an "outstanding actor with the qualities of a true farceur," who became perhaps best known for his television appearances.

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Doris Hare

Doris Hare, MBE (1 March 1905 – 30 May 2000) was a British actress, singer, dancer and comedian, active in New York and London, as well as Scotland, she is best known for being the second actress to portray Mrs Mabel "Mum" Butler in the popular sitcom On the Buses alongside Reg Varney.

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Dorset

Dorset (archaically: Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast.

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DVD

DVD (an abbreviation of "digital video disc" or "digital versatile disc") is a digital optical disc storage format invented and developed by Philips and Sony in 1995.

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First lieutenant

First lieutenant is a commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces and, in some forces, an appointment.

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Gerald Harper

Gerald Harper (born 15 February 1929) is an English actor, best known for his work on television, having played the title roles in Adam Adamant Lives! (1966–67) and Hadleigh (1969–76).

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Hotel Café Royal

The Hotel Café Royal is a five-star hotel at 68 Regent Street in London's Piccadilly.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic.

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Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)

The original Irish Republican Army (IRA) fought a guerrilla war against British rule in Ireland in the Irish War of Independence between 1919 and 1921.

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Jack Hawkins

John Edward Hawkins, CBE (14 September 1910 – 18 July 1973) was an English actor who worked on stage and in film from the 1930s until the 1970s.

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John Boland (author)

Bertram John Boland (12 February 1913 – 9 November 1976) was a British novelist and science fiction author.

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Journey's End

Journey's End is a 1928 dramatic play, the seventh of English playwright R. C. Sherriff.

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Kieron Moore

Kieron Moore (born Ciarán Ó hAnnracháin, anglicised as Kieron O'Hanrahan) (5 October 1924 – 15 July 2007) was an Irish film and television actor whose career was at its peak in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Kingsley-International Pictures

Kingsley-International Pictures was an American film importing and releasing agency, located in New York, active between 1952 and 1962 with its product distributed by Union Motion Picture Distributors.

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Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)

Lieutenant colonel (Lt Col), is a rank in the British Army and Royal Marines which is also used in many Commonwealth countries.

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Lydia Sherwood

Lydia Sherwood (5 May 1906 – 20 April 1989) was a British film actress and stage actress.

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Major (United Kingdom)

Major (Maj) is a military rank which is used by both the British Army and Royal Marines.

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Melissa Stribling

Melissa Stribling (7 November 1926 - 22 March 1992) was a Scottish film and television actress.

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Michael Relph

Michael Leighton George Relph (16 February 1915 – 30 September 2004) was an English film producer, art director, writer and film director.

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Military chaplain

A military chaplain ministers to military personnel and, in most cases, their families and civilians working for the military.

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Nanette Newman

Nanette Newman (born 29 May 1934) is an English actress and authoress.

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Nigel Green

Nigel McGown Green (15 October 192415 May 1972) was an English character actor.

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Nigel Patrick

Nigel Patrick (born Nigel Dennis Patrick Wemyss-Gorman; 2 May 1912 – 21 September 1981) was an English actor and stage director born into a theatrical family.

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Norman Bird

John George Norman Bird (30 October 1924 – 22 April 2005) was an English character actor.

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Norman Rossington

Norman Rossington (24 December 1928 – 21 May 1999) was an English actor best remembered for his roles in The Army Game, the ''Carry On'' films and the Beatles' film A Hard Day's Night.

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Oliver Reed

Robert Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 – 2 May 1999) was an English actor known for his upper-middle class, macho image, hellraiser lifestyle, and "tough guy" roles.

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Patrick Jordan

Patrick Jordan is a British theatre, film and television actor.

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Patrick Wymark

Patrick Wymark (11 July 192620 October 1970) was an English, stage, film and television actor.

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PDF

The Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format developed in the 1990s to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.

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Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers, CBE (born Richard Henry Sellers; 8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was an English film actor, comedian and singer.

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Phil Hardy (journalist)

Philippe George "Phil" Hardy (7 April 1945 – 8 April 2014) was an English film and music industry journalist.

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Philip Green (composer)

Philip Green (19 July 1911 – 6 October 1982), sometimes credited as Harry Philip Green, was a film and television composer and conductor.

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Police van

A police van (also known as a paddy wagon, patrol wagon, Black Maria or police carrier) is a type of vehicle operated by police forces.

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Pound sterling

The pound sterling (symbol: £; ISO code: GBP), commonly known as the pound and less commonly referred to as Sterling, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the British Antarctic Territory, and Tristan da Cunha.

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Private (rank)

A private is a soldier of the lowest military rank (equivalent to NATO Rank Grades OR-1 to OR-3 depending on the force served in).

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Radio jamming

Radio jamming is the deliberate jamming, blocking or interference with authorized wireless communications.

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Richard Attenborough

Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, (29 August 1923 – 24 August 2014), was an English actor, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and politician.

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Robert Coote

Robert Coote (4 February 1909 – 26 November 1982) was an English actor.

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Roger Livesey

Roger Livesey (25 June 1906 – 4 February 1976) was a British stage and film actor.

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Rolls-Royce Limited

Rolls-Royce was a British luxury car and later an aero engine manufacturing business established in 1904 by the partnership of Charles Rolls and Henry Royce.

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Ronald Leigh-Hunt

Ronald Leigh-Hunt (5 October 1920 – 12 September 2005) was a British film and television actor.

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Smoke bomb

A smoke bomb is a firework designed to produce smoke upon ignition.

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Special edition

The terms special edition, limited edition, and variants such as deluxe edition, or collector's edition, are used as a marketing incentive for various kinds of products, originally published products related to the arts, such as books, prints, video games or recorded music and films, but now including clothing, cars, fine wine, and whisky, among other products.

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St Paul's Cathedral

St Paul's Cathedral, London, is an Anglican cathedral, the seat of the Bishop of London and the mother church of the Diocese of London.

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Staff sergeant

Staff sergeant is a rank of non-commissioned officer used in the armed forces of several countries.

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Submachine gun

A submachine gun (SMG) is a magazine-fed, automatic carbine designed to fire pistol cartridges.

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Superintendent (police)

Superintendent (Supt), often shortened to "super", is a rank in British police services and in most English-speaking Commonwealth nations.

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Teetotalism

Teetotalism is the practice or promotion of complete personal abstinence from alcoholic beverages.

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Terence Alexander

Terence Joseph Alexander (11 March 1923 – 28 May 2009) was an English film and television actor, best known for his role as Charlie Hungerford in the British TV drama Bergerac.

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Terence Edmond

Terence Edmond (22 November 1939 – 14 March 2009) was an English actor, who played PC Ian Sweet in 78 episodes of Z-Cars between 1962 and 1964.

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The Blue Lamp

The Blue Lamp is a 1950 British police drama, directed by Basil Dearden and starring Jack Warner as veteran PC Dixon, Jimmy Hanley as newcomer PC Mitchell, and Dirk Bogarde as hardened criminal Tom Riley.

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The Criterion Collection

The Criterion Collection, Inc. (or simply Criterion) is an American home video distribution company which focuses on licensing "important classic and contemporary films" and selling them to film aficionados.

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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a comic book series co-created by writer Alan Moore and artist Kevin O'Neill which began in 1999.

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The League of Gentlemen

The League of Gentlemen is a British comedy television series that premiered on BBC Two in 1999.

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The League of Gentlemen (novel)

The League of Gentlemen (1958) is a pulp-fiction novel by English author John Boland.

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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp is a 1943 romantic drama war film written, produced and directed by the British film making team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger under the production banner of The Archers.

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The South Bank Show

The South Bank Show is a television arts magazine show.

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The Wrong Arm of the Law

The Wrong Arm of the Law is a 1963 British comedy film directed by Cliff Owen and starring Peter Sellers, Bernard Cribbins, Lionel Jeffries, John Le Mesurier and Bill Kerr.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Vehicle registration plate

A vehicle registration plate, also known as a number plate (British English) or a license plate (American English), is a metal or plastic plate attached to a motor vehicle or trailer for official identification purposes.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_League_of_Gentlemen_(film)

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