The Ladykillers (1955)
1955 · Feature film · 86 min · dir. Alexander Mackendrick
- heist film
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Alexander Mackendrick
- Writer
- William Rose
- Composer
- Tristram Cary
- Cinematography
- Otto Heller
- Studio
- Ealing Studios, Michael Balcon Productions
- Released
- 1955-12-08
- Running time
- 86 minutes
Cast & crew
Alexander Mackendrick Director- Philip Stainton
Jack Warner
Danny Green
Frankie Howerd
Cecil Parker
Peter Sellers
Herbert Lom
Katie Johnson
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Great Brit Comedy! · waxone72 · 2022-02-22
See above. If you saw the Tom Hanks remake, you MUST see the original, the Better version!
★★★★★ · Enjoyed watching this movie · Manishd2951 · 2022-12-31
Must watch for Ealing Studios fan
★★★★★ · Splendid, · BornBohemian · 2024-08-25
Charming, and utterly comical! What a great movie, with a wonderful, comedic ending!
★★★★★ · Perfection · Kathy Brown, Esq. · 2023-11-23
To think that they're all gone now, all, but their genius lives on. I am so so glad they all struggled and starved to become the prominent actors they became, thus to give us so much pleasure in these marvelous films.
★★★★★ · wonderful movie · Joe Fish371 · 2025-08-18
A quaint comedy but with serious lethal undertones, as in life, people wearing suits smile at each other but just beneath the surface, feuds simmer.,
★★★★ · Great movie · taipan2023 · 2023-04-22
I am more than certain she'll do well with distribution of the money
