The Ladykillers
7.3(558) 1955-12-08 91 minComedyCrime
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.
DirectorAlexander Mackendrick
ScreenplayWilliam Rose
ProducerMichael Balcon
Original Music ComposerTristram Cary
Cast & characters
Alec Guinness
as Professor Marcus
Cecil Parker
as Claude, alias 'Major Courtney'
Herbert Lom
as Louis, alias 'Mr. Harvey'
Peter Sellers
as Harry, alias 'Mr. Robinson'
Danny Green
as 'One-Round', alias 'Mr. Lawson'
Katie Johnson
as Mrs. Wilberforce
Jack Warner
as The Superintendent
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Philip Stainton
as The Sergeant
Frankie Howerd
as The Barrow Boy
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Madge Brindley
as Large Lady (uncredited)
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Hélène Burls
as Hypatia (uncredited)
Kenneth Connor
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
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Michael Corcoran
as Burglar (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin
as Parcels Clerk (uncredited)
Fred Griffiths
as Junk Man (uncredited)
Lucy Griffiths
as Miss Pringle (uncredited)
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George Hilsdon
as Security Van Driver (uncredited)
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Vincent Holman
as Station Master (uncredited)
Stratford Johns
as Security Guard (uncredited)
Sam Kydd
as Second Cab Driver (uncredited)
Edie Martin
as Lettice (uncredited)
Jack Melford
as Detective (uncredited)
Arthur Mullard
as (uncredited)
Ewan Roberts
as Constable (uncredited)
