The League of Gentlemen has an interesting premise, and the movie started well, but it lost its way the further it went along, became tedious, and I was thankful when it finally ended. I do not understand at all those who say it is a classic, just as many do not agree with my top choices ! Anyway, early on the script goes to some lengths to show the level of disaffection of each of these characters, their weak spots, their latent criminality, etc., and those elements are what Jack Hawkins has ably used to select them for this job. It's an impressive undertaking, very well planned, but as the group becomes a cohesive unit it lost my interest and the film became a rather standard fare heist movie, with two interesting twists at the end.
Review of The League of Gentlemen
The League of Gentlemen
(1960)
Borderline - almost not worth the time spent to watch it
19 April 2023