The Ladykillers

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1955 PG-13 1h 31m

7.3 /10

534

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The Ladykillers

The Ladykillers

Genre

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.

Director

Alexander Mackendrick

Writers

William Rose William Rose

Stars

Alec Guinness Cecil Parker Herbert Lom

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

Frankie Howerd

Large Lady (uncredited)

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)

Security Van Driver (uncredited)

Station Master (uncredited)

Stratford Johns

Stratford Johns

Security Guard (uncredited)

Sam Kydd

Second Cab Driver (uncredited)

Edie Martin

Lettice (uncredited)

Jack Melford

Detective (uncredited)

Arthur Mullard

Ewan Roberts

Constable (uncredited)

George Roderick

Radio Car Policeman (uncredited)

Nervous Man (uncredited)

Pavement Artist (uncredited)

Peter Williams

Detective at Parcels Office (uncredited)

Neil Wilson

Policeman (uncredited)

Constance (uncredited)

r96sk

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30 May 2024

A film of real quality! <em>'The Ladykillers'</em> is amusing viewing. It's style of comedy is very fitting of its era, but I only mean that positi...

Geronimo1967

7

14 Nov 2022

I always felt that Herbert Lom had a wonderful face for comedy; and here I think he stands out alongside Cecil Parker - always underrated, but who cou...

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