Ladykillers, The

Ladykillers, The

1955

Mrs. Wilberforce (Katie Johnson) likes to report suspicious behavior to the police. Unaware of her reputation, the dapper thief Professor Marcus (Alec Guinness) rents rooms in the elderly widow's home for himself and his band of cohorts. Posing as a string quintet, the thieves pull off a bank robbery, but slip up in front of the old woman as they try to escape. Agreed that they need to murder her, the bumbling crooks wind up double-crossing each other and slowly killing themselves off.

Meet "The Unholy Five"...The Most Befuddled Set of Assorted Thugs That Ever Fouled Up a Million Dollar Bank Robbery!!

JBscale
55
Average

Film Detail

Genre
Comedy - Crime
Length
1 hr. 31 mins.
US Theatrical Release
February 20, 1956
US Box Office
No Data Available
Global Office
No Data Available
Rating
NR
Not Rated

Collection Detail

Release Method
Digital Only
Aquired Format
Fandango at Home Fandango at Home
Aspect Ratio
FS 1.37:1
Audio
English: DD+ 5.1
Studio
Lions Gate Films
Released
February 16, 2010
Acquired Date
August 4, 2020
Times Seen
0 Times
Last Watched
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Actors

Alec Guinness
Alec Guinness
Cecil Parker
Cecil Parker
Herbert Lom
Herbert Lom
Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers
Danny Green
Danny Green
Jack Warner
Jack Warner
Katie Johnson
Katie Johnson
Philip Stainton
Philip Stainton
Frankie Howerd
Frankie Howerd

Directors

Alexander Mackendrick
Alexander Mackendrick

Producers

Michael Balcon
Michael Balcon

Writers

William Rose
William Rose

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User Reviews

Ratings

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RT Rotten
54%
Tomatometer
189 votes
RT Stale
43%
Popcornmeter
2,559 votes
METASCORE
56
40 votes
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
32,552 votes

Additional Info

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