Movies
    TV Shows
      Celebs
        Select language
        Home/Movies/
        The Ladykillers
        7.3
        (460 votes)

        The Ladykillers

        1955
        Comedy
        Crime
        1 hr 31 min

        Overview

        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.

        Creators

        Director
        Alexander Mackendrick
        Screenplay, Story
        William Rose
        Screenplay
        Jimmy O'Connor
        The Ladykillers

        Cast

        Full Cast
        Alec Guinness
        Alec Guinness
        Professor Marcus
        Cecil Parker
        Cecil Parker
        Claude, alias 'Major Courtney'
        Herbert Lom
        Herbert Lom
        Louis, alias 'Mr. Harvey'
        Peter Sellers
        Peter Sellers
        Harry, alias 'Mr. Robinson'
        Danny Green
        Danny Green
        'One-Round', alias 'Mr. Lawson'
        Katie Johnson
        Katie Johnson
        Mrs. Wilberforce
        Jack Warner
        Jack Warner
        The Superintendent
        Philip Stainton
        Philip Stainton
        The Sergeant
        Frankie Howerd
        Frankie Howerd
        The Barrow Boy
        Madge Brindley
        Large Lady (uncredited)
        Hélène Burls
        Hypatia (uncredited)
        View Full Cast

        Movie Details

        Status
        Released (08/12/1955)
        Original language
        English
        Country
        Production companies
        🧎‍♀️Widow
        Dark comedy
        Parrot
        Gang of thieves
        💵Money
        🔪Criminal
        Old lady
        Landlady
        Planning
        Steam locomotive
        Octogenarian
        Quintet
        Armored van robbery
        Rented rooms
        Bumbling crooks