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The Ladykillers  (1955)
Who was that lady I saw you outwit last night? That was no lady … That was ‘Mum’ Wilberforce, …


7.3|8 Dec, 1955|91 min
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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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Keywords
widow
dark comedy
parrot
gang of thieves
money
criminal
old lady
landlady
planning
steam locomotive
octogenarian
quintet
armored van robbery
rented rooms
bumbling crooks

Casts

Alec Guinness
Alec Guinness
Professor Marcus
Cecil Parker
Cecil Parker
Claude, alias 'Major Courtney'
Herbert Lom
Herbert Lom
Louis, alias 'Mr. Harvey'
Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers
Harry, alias 'Mr. Robinson'
Danny Green
Danny Green
'One-Round', alias 'Mr. Lawson'
Katie Johnson
Katie Johnson
Mrs. Wilberforce
Jack Warner
Jack Warner
The Superintendent
Philip Stainton
Philip Stainton
The Sergeant
Frankie Howerd
Frankie Howerd
The Barrow Boy
Madge Brindley
Large Lady (uncredited)
Hélène Burls
Hypatia (uncredited)
Kenneth Connor
Kenneth Connor
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Michael Corcoran
Burglar (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
Harold Goodwin
Parcels Clerk (uncredited)
Fred Griffiths
Junk Man (uncredited)
Lucy Griffiths
Lucy Griffiths
Miss Pringle (uncredited)
George Hilsdon
Security Van Driver (uncredited)
Vincent Holman
Station Master (uncredited)
Stratford Johns
Stratford Johns
Security Guard (uncredited)
Sam Kydd
Sam Kydd
Second Cab Driver (uncredited)
Edie Martin
Edie Martin
Lettice (uncredited)
Jack Melford
Jack Melford
Detective (uncredited)
Arthur Mullard
Arthur Mullard
(uncredited)
Ewan Roberts
Ewan Roberts
Constable (uncredited)
George Roderick
Radio Car Policeman (uncredited)
John Rudling
Nervous Man (uncredited)
Leonard Sharp
Pavement Artist (uncredited)
Peter Williams
Peter Williams
Detective at Parcels Office (uncredited)
Neil Wilson
Neil Wilson
Policeman (uncredited)
Phoebe Hodgson
Constance (uncredited)

Crews

William Rose
William Rose
Screenplay
Otto Heller
Otto Heller
Director of Photography
Jack Harris
Editor
Alexander Mackendrick
Alexander Mackendrick
Director
Michael Balcon
Michael Balcon
Producer
Jimmy O'Connor
Screenplay
Sydney Pearson
Special Effects
Dock Mathieson
Music Director
Hal Mason
Production Supervisor
Tom Pevsner
Tom Pevsner
Assistant Director
Bert Davey
Assistant Art Director
Jack Shampan
Set Designer
Chic Waterson
Camera Operator
Jim Clark
Jim Clark
Assistant Editor
Jim Morahan
Art Direction
Anthony Mendleson
Costume Design
Alan Bryce
First Assistant Camera
W. Simpson Robinson
Scenic Artist
David Peers
Unit Production Manager
Alex Garfath
Makeup Artist
Tony Rimmington
Set Designer
Ray Parslow
First Assistant Camera
Herbert Smith
First Assistant Camera
Harry Aldous
Assistant Editor
Norman Dorme
Set Designer
Joan Bridge
Color Timer
Daphne Martin
Hairstylist
Stephen Dalby
Supervising Sound Editor
Felicia Manheim
Continuity
William Rose
William Rose
Story
Seth Holt
Seth Holt
Associate Producer
Leo Wilkins
Sound Recordist
Gordon Stone
Sound Editor
Robin Clarke
Assistant Editor
Tristram Cary
Tristram Cary
Original Music Composer

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