The Ladykillers (1955)
Comedy/Crime · 1h 31m
Description
Alexander Mackendrick's last Ealing comedy and certainly one of the best, William Rose received an Oscar® nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Sir Alec Guinness stars in one of his most vivid disguises, in this killingly funny black comedy gem. The villains plot to kill the old lady who discovers their robbery. But the pensioner is not as harmless as she seems! A rare colour film from Ealing in the '50s, it was premiered in 1955 at the end of the Ealing Green period.
Status
ReleasedLanguage
EnglishCountry
United KingdomProduction Companies
Ealing Studios, Michael Balcon ProductionsWhere to Watch
Alec Guinness
Professor Marcus
Cecil Parker
Claude
Herbert Lom
Louis
Peter Sellers
Harry
Danny Green
One-Round
Jack Warner
The Superintendent
Katie Johnson
Louisa Wilberforce
Philip Stainton
The Sergeant
Frankie Howerd
The Barrow BoyMadge Brindley
Large Lady (uncredited)Hélène Burls
Hypatia (uncredited)Jimmy Charters
Bystander (uncredited)
Kenneth Connor
Cab Driver (uncredited)Michael Corcoran
Burglar (uncredited)Arthur Dibbs
Detective (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
Parcels Clerk (uncredited)
Fred Griffiths
Junk Man (uncredited)
Lucy Griffiths
Miss Pringle (uncredited)
George Hilsdon
Security Van Driver (uncredited)Phoebe Hodgson
Constance (uncredited)Vincent Holman
Station Master (uncredited)Frank Howard
Police Constable (uncredited)Arthur Howell
Constable (uncredited)Anthony John
Child (uncredited)
Stratford Johns
Security Guard (uncredited)Frederick Kelsey
Man in Street (uncredited)Evelyn Kerry
Amelia (uncredited)
Sam Kydd
Second Cab Driver (uncredited)
Anthony Lang
Bystander (uncredited)
George Leech
Detective (uncredited)Dan Lester
Porter (uncredited)
Aileen Lewis
Lady Leaving Kings Cross Station (uncredited)
Edie Martin
Lettice (uncredited)Colin McKenzie
Constable (uncredited)
Jack Melford
Detective (uncredited)Robert Moore
Constable (uncredited)
Arthur Mullard
(uncredited)Paul Phillips
Bystander (uncredited)
Ewan Roberts
Constable (uncredited)
George Roderick
Radio Car Policeman (uncredited)
John Rudling
Nervous Man (uncredited)Leonard Sharp
Pavement Artist (uncredited)
George Spence
Bystander Near Fruit Barrow (uncredited)
Peter Williams
Detective at Parcels Office (uncredited)Billy Wilmot
Bystander (uncredited)
Neil Wilson
Policeman (uncredited)Charles Wood
Man in Street (uncredited)
Alexander Mackendrick
DirectorWilliam Rose
WriterJimmy O'Connor
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