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The Ladykillers
1955
Alexander Mackendrick's last Ealing comedy and certainly one of the best, William Rose received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay. 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 .. Read more
| Starring | Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers |
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| Director | Alexander Mackendrick |
| Genres | Comedy |
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The Ladykillers
Alexander Mackendrick's last Ealing comedy and certainly one of the best, William Rose received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay. 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.
| Starring | Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Jack Warner, Katie Johnson, Katie Johnston, Frankie Howerd, Kenneth Connor |
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| Director | Alexander Mackendrick |
| Studio | ELEVATION |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 27 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 34 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | Production year: 1955 To Rent: DVD: 02 Sep 2002 Blu-ray: 15 Feb 2010 |
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Witty black comedy, shot in muted colours, which approaches the grotesque without damaging its acerbic humour or sense of fantasy; it is one of the few films where death is both shocking and funny.
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- 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
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Not the cream of Ealing.....but a very good film indeed.
This is like a Who's-who of British film stars of the period.
It's more a case of who ISN'T in the film than who IS in it.
I ... read more » - 1056778
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Let down on re-seeing it.
I had enjoyed this immensely when it came out, and wanted to share it with a 15 year old son. I now found it slow and slapsticky, very obvious in its humour, my... read more »
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Guinness is good for you!
This version is a classic for good reason - it's damned good! Every part is beautifully played with the balance between pathos and bathos being judged to ... read more »
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Pure Class
Alexander Mackendrick's last Ealing comedy and certainly one of the best, William Rose received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Alec ... read more »
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The Ladykillers - Blu-ray
THE 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 ...
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The Ladykillers
Alexander Mackendrick's last Ealing comedy and certainly one of the best, William Rose received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay. 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 ...
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