The League of Gentlemen (1960)

Directors

Basil Dearden

Cast

Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey, Richard Attenborough, Bryan Forbes, Kieron Moore, Terence Alexander, Norman Bird

The story

Lieutenant Colonel Norman Hyde prepares seven envelopes, each containing an American crime paperback titled The Golden Fleece, one half of each of ten £5-notes, and an invitation to a lunch at the Cafe Royal hosted by "Co-Operative Removals Ltd." He then sends the envelopes to former army officers in desperate or humiliating circumstances. The officers attend the lunch to get the other halves of their £5-notes and show little enthusiasm for the novel. Their interest is piqued when Hyde reveals knowledge of why each officer was discharged from the military: Major Peter Race, a retired Major suspected of running a black-market ring and…

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