the ladykillers (1955)

Original title: the ladykillers

Production: UK|91 min

Thriller, Comedy, Crazy

five diverse oddball criminal types planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.

The same story is the basis of the movies:

Festivals and awards

Bafta 1956 -

Best Screenplay
Assigned to: William Rose

Bafta 1956 -

Best British Actress
Assigned to: Katie Johnson

Oscar 1957 - nomination Best Original Screenplay
Assigned to: William Rose

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Bafta 1956 - nomination Best Film

Bafta 1956 - nomination Outstanding British Film

Direction

Alexander Mackendrick: regista

Production and Screenplay

Seth Holt: produttore

Alexander Mackendrick: sceneggiatore

William Rose: sceneggiatore

William Rose: scrittore

Michael Balcon: produttore

Interpreters and Characters

Alec Guinness(età:41)
(professor Marcus)

Jack Warner (attore)
(sovrintendente)

Philip Stainton(età:47)
(sergente macdonald)

Katie Johnson(età:77)
(signora louisa wilberforce)

Peter Sellers(età:30)
(harry ("signor robinson"))

Danny Green (attore)(età:52)
(one-round ("signor lawson"))

Cecil Parker(età:58)
(claude ("major courtney"))

Herbert Lom(età:38)
(louis ("signor harvey"))

Ewan Roberts(età:41)

Frankie Howerd(età:38)

Sam Kydd

Stratford Johns

Danny Green(età:52)

Jack Warner(età:60)

Robert Moore(età:28)

Kenneth Connor(età:39)

Neil Wilson(età:39)

Harold Goodwin(età:38)

Edie Martin(età:75)

Arthur Mullard

George Hilsdon (attore)(età:48)

Michael Corcoran

Fred Griffiths(età:43)

George Spence

Vincent Holman(età:69)

Hélène Burls(età:74)

Leonard Sharp(età:65)

Madge Brindley(età:54)

Peter Williams(età:40)

Aileen Lewis(età:41)

Anthony Lang

George Roderick(età:42)

Jimmy Charters

Jack Melford(età:56)

Frederick Kelsey

John Rudling(età:48)

Lucy Griffiths(età:36)

Phoebe Hodgson(età:70)

Anthony John

Evelyn Kerry

Technical staff

Tristram Cary: musiche

Jack Harris: montatore

Otto Heller: direttore della fotografia

Anthony Mendleson: costumista

Jim Morahan: scenografo

Sydney Pearson: effetti speciali

Alex Garfath: truccatore

Daphne Martin: parrucchiere