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The Ladykillers (1955)

Film · 1955 · 91 min · NR · Comedy · Crime

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.

Directed by Alexander Mackendrick

Starring Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Katie Johnson, Jack Warner, Philip Stainton

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In cinemas20 February 1956
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First release anywhere8 December 1955

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