The Ladykillers (1955)
- Directed by
- Alexander Mackendrick
- Genre
- heist film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 550 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An elderly widow takes in a group of men posing as amateur musicians. They are actually planning a heist and need her house as a base of operations.
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What happens
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. William Rose wrote the screenplay, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and won the BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay. He claimed to have dreamt the entire film and merely had to remember the details when he awoke. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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