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The Ladykillers
ID: 27
USA   02 Sep 1955
 
Comments: The greatest criminal minds of all time have finally met their match.
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Screenplay: William Rose, Joel Coen
Producer: 
Cast: Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Jack Warner, Katie Johnson, Philip Stainton, Frankie Howerd, Edie Martin, Ewan Roberts, Arthur Mullard, Harold Goodwin (II), George Roderick, Lucy Griffiths, Vincent Holman, Jack Melford, Sam Kydd, Evelyn Kerry, Kenneth Connor
Genre: Comedy
 
Running Time: 104
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 (NTSC Anamorphic Widescreen)
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: Spanish, French
Features: Outtakes
"Danny Ferrington: The Man Behind the Band"
Studio: Warner Home Video  DVD Release: 21 Jun 2004  Rating:  Universal, suitable for all
DVD Region: 2  Discs: 1 (DVD)
Purchase Place:   List Price: £13.99
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Although you never really fear for Mrs "lop-sided" Wilberforce or General Gordon (her parrot) in "The Ladykillers", the criminal gang who come to stay are clearly dangerous. Alec Guinness is extraordinary as the buck-toothed mastermind, and once the hijacked lolly is stowed in their digs it's a joy to watch him scheme to eliminate the other crooks and abscond with it all. Herbert Lom's thuggishness, Peter Seller's nervy twitching, and Danny Green's lumbering cloddishness are a treat, but are wickedly done away with one by one under cover of locomotive smoke plumes. So many set-pieces make this a classic: sending the landlady to collect the stolen money at the station, Frankie Howerd's boisterous fruit seller cameo, and keeping alive the idea that the gang's a musical troupe with a penchant for Boccherini and Haydn. Some inspired set design and camera work even add an expressionistic quality. --"Paul Tonks"

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