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The Ladykillers is a 1955 British black comedy crime film directed by Alexander Mackendrick for Ealing Studios.It stars Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Jack Warner, and Katie Johnson as the old lady, Mrs. Wilberforce.
She first appeared in a film at age 53, in 1932, but never received critical acclaim for her performances until 1955, when she starred, aged 76, in the Ealing Studios comedy The Ladykillers as Mrs Louisa Wilberforce. [2] The role earned her a British Film Academy award for best British actress. [5]
After an early career on the stage, Guinness made a name for himself in six Ealing Comedies, starting in 1949 with both A Run for Your Money and Kind Hearts and Coronets — in which he played nine different characters — going on to lead roles in The Lavender Hill Mob and The Man in the White Suit both in 1951, The Ladykillers in 1955, and ...
Other roles were in Storm in a Teacup (1937), The Weaker Sex (1948), 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956), Dangerous Moonlight (1941), Swiss Family Robinson (1960), and I Was Monty's Double (1958), as well as the comedies A French Mistress (1960), The Ladykillers (1955), The Man in the White Suit (1951), The Court Jester (1955) (in which he played ...
The Ladykillers, a comedy starring Alec Guinness The Ladykillers, a remake featuring Tom Hanks; The Ladykillers, a 2011 stage adaptation of the 1955 film; Ladykillers, an unrelated 1988 made-for-TV movie; National Lampoon's Lady Killers, a 2003 comedy film "Ladykillers" (song), a song from the album Lovelife by Lush
He can be heard on the cast recording. A few years later, he appeared opposite Alec Guinness and Peter Sellers in The Ladykillers (1955); and with Robert Mitchum, Jack Lemmon and Rita Hayworth in Fire Down Below (1957).
(This movie was originally called “Lady Killers,” but is clearly not to be confused with "The Ladykillers" from 1955 starring Alec Guinness and Peter Sellers or the 2004 version starring Tom ...
The Ladykillers is a 2004 American black comedy crime thriller film written, directed, produced and edited by Joel and Ethan Coen. [2] The Coens' screenplay was based on the 1955 British Ealing comedy film of the same name, which was written by William Rose. [3] The Coens produced the remake with Tom Jacobson, Barry Sonnenfeld, and Barry Josephson.