The Ladykillers (1955)
The Ladykillers (1955)
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Alec Guinness
Professor Marcus
Cecil Parker
Claude, alias 'Major Courtney'
Herbert Lom
Louis, alias 'Mr. Harvey'
Peter Sellers
Harry, alias 'Mr. Robinson'
Danny Green
'One-Round', alias 'Mr. Lawson'
Katie Johnson
Mrs. Wilberforce
Jack Warner
The Superintendent
Philip Stainton
The Sergeant
Frankie Howerd
The Barrow Boy
Madge Brindley
Large Lady (uncredited)
Hélène Burls
Hypatia (uncredited)
Kenneth Connor
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Michael Corcoran
Burglar (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
Parcels Clerk (uncredited)
Fred Griffiths
Junk Man (uncredited)
Lucy Griffiths
Miss Pringle (uncredited)
George Hilsdon
Security Van Driver (uncredited)
Vincent Holman
Station Master (uncredited)
Stratford Johns
Security Guard (uncredited)
Sam Kydd
Second Cab Driver (uncredited)
Edie Martin
Lettice (uncredited)
Jack Melford
Detective (uncredited)
Arthur Mullard
(uncredited)
Ewan Roberts
Constable (uncredited)
George Roderick
Radio Car Policeman (uncredited)
John Rudling
Nervous Man (uncredited)
Leonard Sharp
Pavement Artist (uncredited)
Peter Williams
Detective at Parcels Office (uncredited)
Neil Wilson
Policeman (uncredited)
Phoebe Hodgson
Constance (uncredited)
William Rose
Screenplay / Story
Otto Heller
Director of Photography
Jack Harris
Editor
Alexander Mackendrick
Director
Michael Balcon
Producer
Jimmy O'Connor
Screenplay
Sydney Pearson
Special Effects
Dock Mathieson
Music Director
Hal Mason
Production Supervisor
Tom Pevsner
Assistant Director
Bert Davey
Assistant Art Director
Jack Shampan
Set Designer
Chic Waterson
Camera Operator
Jim Clark
Assistant Editor
Jim Morahan
Art Direction
Anthony Mendleson
Costume Design
Alan Bryce
First Assistant Camera
W. Simpson Robinson
Scenic Artist
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 8, 1955
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 31m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
parrot
gang of thieves
widow
dark comedy
money
criminal
old lady
landlady
planning
steam locomotive
octogenarian
quintet
armored van robbery
rented rooms
bumbling crooks
Wiki.
The Ladykillers is a 1955 British black comedy crime film directed by Alexander Mackendrick for Ealing Studios. It stars Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Jack Warner, and Katie Johnson as the old lady, Mrs. Wilberforce.
William Rose wrote the screenplay, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and won the BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay. He claimed to have dreamt the entire film and merely had to remember the details when he awoke.
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