The Ladykillers

Dec 8, 1955

1h 31m

★ 7.3

Who was that lady I saw you outwit last night? That was no lady … That was ‘Mum’ Wilberforce, …

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

Ealing Studios

Michael Balcon Productions

The Ladykillers Trailers

Cast

Professor Marcus

Alec Guinness

Claude, alias 'Major Courtney'

Cecil Parker

Louis, alias 'Mr. Harvey'

Herbert Lom

Harry, alias 'Mr. Robinson'

Peter Sellers

'One-Round', alias 'Mr. Lawson'

Danny Green

Mrs. Wilberforce

Katie Johnson

The Superintendent

Jack Warner

The Sergeant

Philip Stainton

The Barrow Boy

Frankie Howerd

Large Lady (uncredited)

Madge Brindley

Hypatia (uncredited)

Hélène Burls

Cab Driver (uncredited)

Kenneth Connor

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