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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.
The Ladykillers: Directed by Alexander Mackendrick. With Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers. 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.
Alexander Mackendrick's British crime black comedy The Ladykillers (1955) is the most proper English spoof on a crime caper you can imagine.
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"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.
One of the most popular films produced by Ealing Studios during their peak years, The Ladykillers (1955) is a delightful black comedy that has aged much better than some of the other Ealing entertainments from the same period.
Oct 23, 2020 · Satire with tweezers: Alexander Mackendrick’s The Ladykillers. In this piece from our July 2004 issue, Philip Kemp revisits Ealing Studios’ classic 1955 comedy The Ladykillers, and finds in it a wickedly satirical satire about an England in terminal decline.
A gang of five diverse oddball criminal types rent a two room apartment in an isolated house on a London cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow with three pet parrots.
The Ladykillers (1955) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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. William Rose. Screenplay, Story.
1955 United Kingdom Directed by Alexander Mackendrick Produced by Michael Balcon Written by William Rose Featuring Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom Running time 97 minutes
