Ealing Studios

Michael Balcon Productions

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The Ladykillers

Name: The Ladykillers
Released: 1955-12-08T00:00:00.000000Z
Rating: 7.3

1955 • 91 min • ★ 7.3 (572) • Released

Comedy Crime

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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Original title: The Ladykillers
Language: EN
Country: GB
Budget: —
Revenue: —

Reviews & Ratings 2

r96sk

May 30, 2024 · via TMDB

★ 9.0

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 positively as the slapstick is undoubtedly fun to watch unfold. The cast are all worthy of a mention, though the standouts for me are Alec Guinness, Herbert Lom and Katie Johnson. The flick looks splendid too, love the set of Wilberforce's home. Entertainment from start to finish, ya can't ask for more than that.

CinemaSerf

Nov 14, 2022 · via TMDB

★ 7.0

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 could be relied upon to deliver a standard of comedy haplessness consistently well on screen. Guinness and Sellers are doing what we know they are good at, so I was less impressed by them in this one. Katie Johnson gets many plaudits as "Mrs Wilberforce", though I wonder how much acting she was actually doing? Any interviews I have seen with her seem to suggest she was pretty much playing herself in this slightly more sinister of the Ealing comedies that sees Guinness and his cohorts pretend to be practicing musicians in her rickety old house whilst secretly planning a daring heist that could net them a massive £60,000. What follows is a classy mix of near-misses and precise comedy timing that actually can have you on the edge of your seat at times; but this is not, in my view, as good as the output from the late 40's - it sacrifices some of it's charm and humour to achieve the more ominous tone prevalent over the last half an hour, and I don't quite love that effect. It is a classic nonetheless that well deserves it's recent 4K restoration that brings the colours to life most vividly.

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Keywords 16

armored van robbery bumbling crooks comforting criminal dark comedy gang of thieves landlady money octogenarian old lady parrot planning quintet rented rooms steam locomotive widow

Cast 19

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

Kenneth Connor

Cab Driver (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin

Parcels Clerk (uncredited)

Fred Griffiths

Junk Man (uncredited)

Lucy Griffiths

Miss Pringle (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)

Peter Williams

Detective at Parcels Office (uncredited)

Neil Wilson

Policeman (uncredited)

Crew 7

Otto Heller

Director of Photography

Tom Pevsner

Assistant Director

Alexander Mackendrick

Director

Jim Clark

Assistant Editor

Seth Holt

Associate Producer

Michael Balcon

Producer

Tristram Cary

Original Music Composer

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US Release Dates 1

Feb 20, 1956

(New York City, New York)

NR Theatrical