The Ladykillers
Directed by Alexander Mackendrick
Starring Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Katie Johnson, Jack Warner, Philip Stainton, Frankie Howerd, Madge Brindley
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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.
- Original language
- English
- Screenplay
- William Rose
- Music
- Tristram Cary
- Cinematography
- Otto Heller
- Cast
- Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Katie Johnson, Jack Warner, Philip Stainton, Frankie Howerd, Madge Brindley, Hélène Burls, Kenneth Connor
Updated July 22, 2026
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