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Mar 26, 2004 · The Ladykillers: Directed by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen. With Tom Hanks, Irma P. Hall, Marlon Wayans, J.K. Simmons. An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a classical ensemble in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting but sharp old landlady.
- (109K)
- Comedy, Crime, Thriller
- Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
- 2004-03-26
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.
The Ladykillers: Directed by Alexander Mackendrick. With Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers. Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.
- (31K)
- Comedy, Crime
- Alexander Mackendrick
- 1956-02-03
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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.
Mar 26, 2004 · 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...
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- Comedy
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Alexander Mackendrick's British crime black comedy The Ladykillers (1955) is the most proper English spoof on a crime caper you can imagine.
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- Comedy
