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A not-so-musically-inclined band of outlaws pose as a group of amateur musicians, while secretly plotting a major heist. But the sweet landlady, who rents them their "digs, " proves to be too much for these cutthroats. They decide to get rid of her ... a task they find easier said than done.
2) Alec Guiness
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'Kind Hearts and Coronets' : Set in the Edwardian era, the impecunious heir of a titled family sets out to eliminate eight members of the D'Ascoygne family who stand between him and the family fortune. All roles are played by Sir Alec Guiness. (c1949 : 102 min.).
'The Man in the White Suit' : A satirical comedy in which Sir Alec Guiness plays a scientist who produces a fabric that will never wear out. However, dismayed garment manufacturers set out...
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Sir Alec Guinness is Henry St. James, captain of an international ferry boat who has discovered the secret to the perfect double life: in Gibraltar he has a British housewife, while in Tangier his second wife is a hotblooded Spanish vixen. When the Captain becomes careless with anniversary gifts, he must see if he can not only outwit two betrayed wives, but survive a very serious firing squad.
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A bubbly satire, acclaimed as one of the funniest and cleverest of British comedies. Alec Guinness, as a scientist, invents a fabric that will never wear out. Threatened with unemployment, the unions and a dismayed garment tycoon plot to destroy his miracle formula.
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The captain of the Golden Fleece is able to divide his life between his home-loving wife, Maud, in Gibraltar and a wild romantic temptress, Nita in Kalik. The women turn the tables on him and he concludes that his heaven on earth was after all, only a fool's paradise.