The Ladykillers
Who was that lady I saw you outwit last night? That was no lady … That was ‘Mum’ Wilberforce, …
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12/8/1955Runtime
91 minsOverview
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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A delightful con game where five criminal misfits posing as musicians meet their match in a shrewd, warm-hearted elderly landlady who gently outwits them at every turn. It's a comedy where the criminals are perpetually one step behind an octogenarian who doesn't even realize she's winning.
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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
Philip Stainton
The Sergeant
Frankie Howerd
The Barrow Boy
Madge Brindley
Large Lady (uncredited)
Hélène Burls
Hypatia (uncredited)
Kenneth Connor
Cab Driver (uncredited)
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