Alec Guinness

Cecil Parker

Herbert Lom

Peter Sellers

Danny Green

Katie Johnson

Jack Warner

Philip Stainton

Frankie Howerd

Madge Brindley

Hélène Burls

Kenneth Connor

Michael Corcoran

Harold Goodwin

Fred Griffiths

Lucy Griffiths

George Hilsdon

Vincent Holman

Stratford Johns

Sam Kydd

Edie Martin

Jack Melford

Arthur Mullard

Ewan Roberts

George Roderick

John Rudling

Leonard Sharp

Peter Williams

Neil Wilson

Phoebe Hodgson

William Rose

Otto Heller

Jack Harris

Alexander Mackendrick

Michael Balcon

Jimmy O'Connor

Sydney Pearson

Dock Mathieson

Hal Mason

Tom Pevsner

Bert Davey

Jack Shampan

Chic Waterson

Jim Clark

Jim Morahan

Anthony Mendleson

Alan Bryce

W. Simpson Robinson

David Peers

Alex Garfath

Tony Rimmington

Ray Parslow

Herbert Smith

Harry Aldous

Norman Dorme

Joan Bridge

Daphne Martin

Stephen Dalby

Felicia Manheim

Seth Holt

Leo Wilkins

Gordon Stone

Robin Clarke

Tristram Cary

Comedy

Crime

The Ladykillers

Ealing Studios

Michael Balcon Productions

United Kingdom

English

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I always felt that Herbert Lom had a wonderful face for comedy; and here I think he stands out alongside Cecil Parker - always underrated, but who could be relied upon to deliver a standard of comedy haplessness consistently well on screen. Guinness and Sellers are doing what we know they are good at, so I was less impressed by them in this one. Katie Johnson gets many plaudits as "Mrs Wilberforce", though I wonder how much acting she was actually doing? Any interviews I have seen with her seem to suggest she was pretty much playing herself in this slightly more sinister of the Ealing comedies that sees Guinness and his cohorts pretend to be practicing musicians in her rickety old house whilst secretly planning a daring heist that could net them a massive £60,000. What follows is a classy mix of near-misses and precise comedy timing that actually can have you on the edge of your seat at times; but this is not, in my view, as good as the output from the late 40's - it sacrifices some of it's charm and humour to achieve the more ominous tone prevalent over the last half an hour, and I don't quite love that effect. It is a classic nonetheless that well deserves it's recent 4K restoration that brings the colours to life most vividly.

A film of real quality!

<em>'The Ladykillers'</em> is amusing viewing. It's style of comedy is very fitting of its era, but I only mean that positively as the slapstick is undoubtedly fun to watch unfold. The cast are all worthy of a mention, though the standouts for me are Alec Guinness, Herbert Lom and Katie Johnson. The flick looks splendid too, love the set of Wilberforce's home.

Entertainment from start to finish, ya can't ask for more than that.

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