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The Ladykillers is a 2004 American black comedy crime thriller film written, directed, produced and edited by Joel and Ethan Coen. The Coens' screenplay was based on the 1955 British Ealing comedy film of the same name, which was written by William Rose. The Coens produced the remake with Tom Jacobson, Barry Sonnenfeld, and Barry Josephson.
Mar 26, 2004 · A remake of the 1955 classic, starring Tom Hanks as a professor who leads a gang of thieves posing as musicians. They rent a room from an old lady who suspects their plot and tries to stop them.
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- Comedy, Crime, Thriller
- Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
- 2004-03-26
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.
Five criminals pose as musicians to rent a room from an elderly widow, but their plan to rob a bank goes awry. Starring Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, Cecil Parker and Katie Johnson, directed by Alexander Mackendrick.
- (31K)
- Comedy, Crime
- Alexander Mackendrick
- 1956-02-03
Mar 26, 2004 · The Ladykillers. The genius of Alec Guinness was in his anonymity. He could play a character so ingratiating that he ingratiated himself right into invisibility, and that was the secret of his work in "The Ladykillers," a droll 1955 British comedy that also starred Peter Sellers and Herbert Lom.
Mar 26, 2004 · Professor G.H. Dorr (Tom Hanks), a courtly Southern gentleman, arrives at the home of devout, elderly Marva Munson (Irma P. Hall), hoping to rent her extra room and use her basement to...
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- Comedy
- R
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A gang of criminals posing as musicians rents a room from an elderly widow to plan a bank robbery. But they face unexpected complications and challenges from the lady and her pet parrots.
