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The Ladykillers

1955

Alexander Mackendrick

Alec Guinness, Kate Johnson, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers ...

7.5

7,867

Comedy A gang of five diverse oddball criminal types rent a two room apartment in an isolated house on a London cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow with three pet parrots. The group's mastermind, Professor Marcus, tells her a cover story that they are members of an amateur string quintet and would like to use the rooms to hone their musical skills. In reality, they are plotting to rob a bank and plan to use Mrs. Wilberforce's naiveté and her ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"Rose's nimble writing and Alexander Mackendrick's directing skill have managed to assure 'The Ladykillers' of a distinct and fetching comic quality"	POS
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Radio Times	"A supreme blend of the seedy and the sinister (...) This is British comedy at its best (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Philip French The Guardian	"The greatest comedy caper (...) Every shot is perfectly lit and composed by the Austrian émigré Otto Heller"	POS
United Kingdom	Adrian Hennigan BBC	"The last of the great Ealing Comedies, 'The Ladykillers' is a wonderfully macabre black comedy that really does improve with age (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Kate Muir The Times	"One of the great Ealing comedies of the 1950s"	POS
United States	Variety	"This is an amusing piece of hokum"	POS

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