Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Sid James of Carry On fame & the possessor of the dirtiest laugh in movie history gets the Comic Icons Collection treatment The Big Job stars James as George the Brain leader of a gang of inept bank robbers who end up in prison for 15 years with only the thought of the stolen money that remains hidden keeping them going until their release However when the time comes it seems the tasking of recovering the loot won&t be as easy as first hoped
- the hollow tree that they hid it in once stood in a lonely lane Now this lane is the backyard of a Police Station Make Mine A Million stars Sid James as Sid Gibson a washing detergent salesman who decides to call on the help of his friend TV make-up artist Arthur (Arthur Askey) in order to obtain some much needed TV advertising time Arthur slips a plug for Sid&s suds into a primetime live TV extravaganza
- causing a nationwide uproar & soaring sales for Sid
- but costing Arthur his job In order to feed demand Sid decides to set up the world&s first pirate TV station with Arthur&s help They plan to interrupt national broadcasting without warning or permission & no show from the Ascot races to the Edinburgh Military Tattoo is safe The Lavender Hill Mob needs little introduction as one of Ealing Studio&s finest British comedies Sid James plays a professional criminal named Lackery one of two hired by shy retiring bank transfer agent Holland (Alec Guiness) to help him carry out the perfect crime Holland (Alec Guiness) has for years dreamed of being rich & living the good life but instead faithfully & for 20 years he has overseen the deliveries of gold bullion Fate has recently bought him into contact with Pendlebury (Stanley Holloway) a maker of souvenirs Holland remarks that with Pendlebury&s smelting equipment one could forge the gold into harmless-looking toy Eiffel Towers & smuggle the gold from England into France Together the four plot their crime leading to unexpected twists & turns