The Ladykillers
The Ladykillers is a 1955 British black comedy crime film directed by Alexander Mackendrick for Ealing Studios. It stars Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Jack Warner, and Katie Johnson as the old lady, Mrs. Wilberforce.
Plot
Mrs Wilberforce is a sweet and eccentric old widow who lives alone with her raucous parrots in a gradually subsiding lopsided house, built over the entrance to a railway tunnel in Kings Cross, London. With nothing to occupy her time and an active imagination, she is a frequent visitor to the local police station where she reports fanciful suspicions regarding neighbourhood activities. The officers there humour her but give her reports no credence whatsoever.
More details
| author | William Rose |
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| contentLocation | London |
| director | Alexander Mackendrick |
| editor | Jack Harris |
| genre | comedy crime |
| keywords | best friend boccherini cello change of heart cockney draw lots dump fall gang member haydn\'s joseph haydn kill london king\'s cross railway station minuet musical instruments nothing pass plan police station railway semaphore signal railway signal railway station record rehearsal space roman hoffstetter sortition spiv starve starving artist string string quintet trap |
| musicBy | Tristram Cary |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay |
| producer | Michael Balcon |
| productionCompany | Ealing Studios |
| publisher | The Rank Organisation |
| theme | black comedy crime comedy heist |