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  • Actors: Dick Emery, Sylvia Sims, Stanley Holloway, Bernard Cribbins, Alec Guinness
  • Directors: Lance Comfort, Charles Crichton, Gerald Thomas
  • Format: Box set, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: Optimum Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 14 May 2007
  • Run Time: 260 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000L42MT2
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 26,768 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Three films from British comedy favoutire Sid James. This set includes THE BIG JOB, THE LAVENDER HILL MOB and MAKE MINE A MILLION.

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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A mixed bag, 14 May 2007
This set includes three films;
The Big Job
The Lavender Hill Mob
Make Mine a Million

For a Sid James fan the first of these is the gem. A well cast story of James and his gang attempting to recover some stolen loot plays a little like a live action Roadrunner cartoon. One scheme fails only to be replaced by another doomed plan. There may be no anvil but they do manage to work in a harpoon at one point. Supporting cast includes Sylvia Syms (underused in comedy but very good here), Dick Emery, Jim Dale, Lance Percival and Joan Sims. The collection is worth buying for this film alone as it is funny with a wonderful feel of the period it was made.

The Lavender Hill Mob is one of Ealing Studio's finest comedies without doubt - but hardly a Sid James vehicle. His role as one of the mob - a burglar who carries around press clippings of his most well known work - is good but the film belongs to the main stars Alec Guinness and Stanley Holloway. So an odd choice for a James centered collection.

Make Mine A Million is perhaps the weakest film on offer here. A decidedly average fifties comedy. The story of exploiting television coverage to advertise washing powder doesn't offer much chance for comedy gold. Its watchable of course but James and Askey have to work hard. If nothing else the film illustrates the love hate relationship of British cinema with the rise of television during this time.

Sid James had a long career in British films but, as someone who liked to keep busy, this often took the form of cameos or playing as part of an ensemble. It is a pity that films featuring him in a more central role could not have been included in the set but perhaps the selection illustrates this fact.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars the little bustards...., 11 Jan 2008
By Mr. J. G. Ridley "sirshambling" (Tonbridge, UK) - See all my reviews
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At last one of the best 60s British comedies gets a DVD release. The Big Job is a real classic - full of silliness, visual jokes and, best of all, a great view of contemporary social attitudes courtesy of a superb Talbot Rothwell script. Joan Sims has never been better than as the randy landlady, Dick Emery (who I've never really found sympathetic elsewhere) is very good indeed, and there is a lovely cameo from Derek Guyler as a musically obsessed Police Sergeant.

There are 3 quite outstanding scenes:-

The first evening meal chez Sims with Emery's explanation of bird watching.

Guyler taking down the particulars of the theft of a lorry full of tools.

Emery and Sims discussing the possibility of changed sleeping arrangements.

Don't miss the gem of a movie!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Big Job, 31 May 2009
By Mr. Paul Burns (Grimsby ,UK.) - See all my reviews
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This film,in the carry on style,is great! You've got Sid James as the 'great Brain' behind a robbery that fails and hides the loot in a tree. Dereck Guyler(From Please Sir)as a Police sergeant of a small police station,who is more interested in music than police matters and his inept constable played by Jim Dale. Lance Percival and Dick Emery are perfectly cast as Sid James'sidekicks. On release from Prison the gang set out to recover the loot only to find that the tree is now in the yard of the local police station. What pursues is classic slapstick.
Joan Simms plays the landlady where the gang base themselves as it is perfectly placed opposite the Police Station. Watch out for the 'little Bustard'!
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