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A classic Ealing comedy in which a little old lady takes in a sinister lodger then finds out he committed a robbery with four friends. When the villains realise she knows all they plot to kill her. But this little lady isn't quite as harmless as she seems...

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EAN5055201845740

eBay Product ID (ePID)26048565973

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ActorAlec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Peter Sellers, Kenneth Connor, Danny Green, Jack Warner, Katie Johnston, Frankie Howerd, Herbert Lom

Film/TV TitleThe Ladykillers

DirectorAlexander Mackendrick

LanguageEnglish

Run Time91 Mins

Release Year2020

FormatHD DVD

FranchiseEaling

FeaturesCollector's Edition\1x Uhd\1x Dvd\2x Bd\1x CD

GenreGeneral, Comedy

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Number of Discs5

CertificateU

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

ComposerTristram Cary

Additional InformationTHE LADYKILLERS, director Alexander Mackendrick's third Ealing farce, is the final comedy produced by the famous studio and one of its most celebrated. Alec Guinness stars as the superbly shifty, toothily threatening Professor Marcus, the leader of a crime ring planning a heist. Marcus rents rooms from a sweet, eccentric old lady, Mrs. Wilberforce (Katie Johnson), in her crooked London house. The professor and his co-conspirators, blowhard Major Courtney (Cecil Parker), creepily suave Louis (Herbert Lom), chubby Harry (Peter Sellers), and muscleman One-Round (Danny Green), pose as an unlikely string quartet using the rooms for rehearsal. Dodging Mrs. Wilberforce's constant interruptions, the hoods hit upon the idea to use her in the daring daylight robbery (filmed in and around London's Kings Cross station). When the old girl discovers the truth, Marcus and company cannot persuade her to stay buttoned up about it and thus decide to do her in.

ReviewsDVD Review - ...Splendidly macabre..., Empire - ...A wicked little laugh riot...

ScreenwriterWilliam Rose

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleThe Ladykillers