Sydney Tafler

Specialising as spivs in his early career, renowned British actor Sydney Tafler appeared in films including the Ealing comedy “Passport to Pimlico“, “Mystery Junction” with Barbara Murray, “It Always Rains on Sunday” with Googie Withers & John McCallum, “Secret People” with Audrey Hepburn, “Dance Hall” with Diana Dors, “The Galloping Major” with Basil Radford, Janette Scott, Hugh Griffith, Alfie Bass, Sid James, Charles Hawtrey, Joyce Grenfell & Sam Kydd, “Emergency Call” with Jack Warner, Anthony Steel & Earl Cameron, “The Square Ring” with Joan Collins, Bernadette O’Farrell & Eddie Byrne, “The Sea Shall Not Have Them” with Michael Redgrave & Dirk Bogarde, “The Glass Cage” with Honor Blackman, “The Long Arm” with Jack Hawkins, “Too Many Crooks” with Terry-Thomas & George Cole, “Tommy the Toreador” with Tommy Steele & Bernard Cribbins, “Make Mine Mink” with Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Williams & Noel Purcell, “The Bulldog Breed” with Norman Wisdom, “Carry On Regardless“, “Alfie” with Michael Caine & Shelley Winters, “The Sandwich Man” with Ian Hendry & Harry H. Corbett, “Berserk!” with Joan Crawford & Philip Madoc, “The Birthday Party” with Patrick Magee & Helen Fraser, and the Bond film “The Spy Who Loved Me” with Roger Moore, Caroline Munro, George Baker & Valerie Leon.

Crime couldn’t be seen to pay in 1951 so the scheme is thwarted but, as with most Ealing comedies, the audience is willing on the main characters to succeed.

Available in A4, A3, and A2 sizes to fit standard-size picture frames. Please note that black frame is not included – for a guide on choosing a frame size take a look here.

An official collaboration with Studiocanal, this print is part of “The Lavender Hill Mob” collection and the Ealing Comedies collection of stylish pop art prints inspired by the classic British comedy films made at Ealing Studios, featuring Art & Hue’s signature halftone style (halftone is an age-old technique that uses dots to make up the printed image, similar to newspapers or comic books).