The Ladykillers /

Professor Marcus arrives to take lodgings at the home of delicate Mrs. Wilberforce. By evening he is visited by four friends, as weird and sinister as Marcus himself. So assembles the ugliest set of criminals one could wish to meet. They explain to the unsuspecting lady that they are members of a st...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Ladykillers (Motion picture : 1955)
Corporate Authors:	Ealing Studios, Rank Organisation Film Productions
Other Authors:	Rose, William, 1914-1987 (Screenwriter), Guinness, Alec (Actor), Parker, Cecil (Actor), Green, Danny (Actor), Lom, Herbert (Actor), Warner, Jack (Actor), Sellers, Peter (Actor)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Published:	[San Francisco, California, USA] : StudioCanal, 1955. Kanopy Streaming, 2024.
Subjects:	Outlaws > Drama. Landladies > Drama. Widows > Drama. Attempted murder > Drama. Comedy films. Crime films. Thrillers (Motion pictures) Feature films. Fiction films.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)

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Summary:	Professor Marcus arrives to take lodgings at the home of delicate Mrs. Wilberforce. By evening he is visited by four friends, as weird and sinister as Marcus himself. So assembles the ugliest set of criminals one could wish to meet. They explain to the unsuspecting lady that they are members of a string quartet meeting to rehearse. The rehearsing, in fact, is for an armed robbery. The robbery over, Mrs. Wilberforce discovers the truth. Therefore she must be eliminated. But who will do it? The arguing of the issue brings about the hilarious twist to this ingenious Ealing comedy thriller.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (streaming video file) (91 minutes): .flv file, sound
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Otto Heller ; editor, Jack Harris ; music composer, Tristram Cary.