The Ladykillers (1955)

7.3/10 91 min Comedy Crime

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.

Cast

Alec Guinness

Professor Marcus

Cecil Parker

Claude, alias 'Major Courtney'

Herbert Lom

Louis, alias 'Mr. Harvey'

Peter Sellers

Harry, alias 'Mr. Robinson'

Danny Green

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

Katie Johnson

Mrs. Wilberforce

Jack Warner

The Superintendent

Frankie Howerd

The Barrow Boy

Kenneth Connor

Cab Driver (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin

Parcels Clerk (uncredited)

Fred Griffiths

Junk Man (uncredited)

Lucy Griffiths

Miss Pringle (uncredited)

Stratford Johns

Security Guard (uncredited)

Sam Kydd

Second Cab Driver (uncredited)

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