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Rating: 8.5 stars

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The Ladykillers (1955)

Directed by Alexander Mackendrick

Comedy | Crime

Overview

Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.

Rated NR | Length 91 minutes

Actors

Alec Guinness | Cecil Parker | Herbert Lom | Peter Sellers | Danny Green | Katie Johnson | Jack Warner | Philip Stainton | Frankie Howerd | Madge Brindley | Hélène Burls | Kenneth Connor | Michael Corcoran | Harold Goodwin | Fred Griffiths | Lucy Griffiths | George Hilsdon | Vincent Holman | Stratford Johns | Sam Kydd | Edie Martin | Jack Melford | Arthur Mullard | Ewan Roberts | George Roderick | John Rudling | Leonard Sharp | Peter Williams | Neil Wilson | Phoebe Hodgson

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

One of the best of the Ealing Studios comedies. Totally delightful and funny.

Alec Guinness is wonderful as the criminal mastermind (those teeth!). Peter Sellers got his first significant role in this film and is joined by his PINK PANTHER co-star, Herbert Lom. The real treasure is Katie Johnson as the sweet, eccentric old lady who is oblivious of the criminal activity going on in her house.

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