The Ladykillers
1955 · TMDB 7.3
Directed by Alexander Mackendrick
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.
Why it matters
Alexander Mackendrick's dark Ealing comedy about a gang of criminals who rent a room from an elderly widow, played with scene-stealing gusto by Katie Johnson.
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Released
- 1955-12-08
- Studio
- Ealing Studios
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 7.3
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Key contributors
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Alexander Mackendrick
Director
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William Rose
Writer
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Alec Guinness
Professor Marcus
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Cecil Parker
Claude, alias 'Major Courtney'
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Herbert Lom
Louis, alias 'Mr. Harvey'
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Peter Sellers
Harry, alias 'Mr. Robinson'
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Danny Green
'One-Round', alias 'Mr. Lawson'
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Katie Johnson
Mrs. Wilberforce
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Jack Warner
The Superintendent
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Philip Stainton
The Sergeant