1955 1h 31m Alexander Mackendrick

The Ladykillers

Name: The Ladykillers
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Released: 1955
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers

★ 7.6 IMDb

Comedy Crime

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.

Writer William Rose

Cast Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers

DP Otto Heller

Music Tristram Cary

Essays and Criticism

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Awards & Festivals

Nominated Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay

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