The Ladykillers (1955)

Synopsis

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.

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Cast

• Alec Guinness as Professor Marcus
• Cecil Parker as Claude, alias 'Major Courtney'
• Herbert Lom as Louis, alias 'Mr. Harvey'
• Peter Sellers as Harry, alias 'Mr. Robinson'
• Danny Green as 'One-Round', alias 'Mr. Lawson'
• Katie Johnson as Mrs. Wilberforce
• Jack Warner as The Superintendent
• Philip Stainton as The Sergeant
• Frankie Howerd as The Barrow Boy
• Madge Brindley as Large Lady (uncredited)

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• The Thursday Murder Club
• Lift
• Mad Money
• Going in Style
• Fun with Dick and Jane
• Ocean's Eleven
• Bandits