The Ladykillers

7.3/10 from 132 votes

Director: Alexander Mackendrick

Date of release: 08 Dec 1955

Description

A gang of five diverse oddball criminal types rent a two-room apartment in an old house on a London cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow with three pet parrots. The group's mastermind, Professor Marcus, tells her a cover story that they are members of an amateur string quintet and would like to use the rooms to hone their musical skills. In reality, they're plotting to rob an armored bank van and plan to use Mrs. Wilberforce's naiveté and her Victorian sensibilities to their advantage.

Extra

Runtime	91 minute
Producer	Ealing Studios The Rank Organisation
Language	English
Themes	crime criminal parrot widow gang of thieves gramophone old lady landlady planning steam locomotive octogenarian quintet armored van robbery rented rooms bumbling crooks interruptions
Actors	Harold Goodwin Philip Stainton Sam Kydd Jack Melford Alec Guinness Cecil Parker Stratford Johns Neil Wilson Jack Warner Kenneth Connor Peter Sellers Herbert Lom Danny Green Katie Johnson Frankie Howerd Madge Brindley Helene Burls Michael Corcoran Fred Griffiths Lucy Griffiths George Hilsdon Vincent Holman Aileen Lewis Edie Martin Arthur Mullard Ewan Roberts George Roderick John Rudling Leonard Sharp Peter Williams