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The Ladykillers [1955]

DVD ~ Alec Guinness
4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Actors: Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green
  • Directors: Alexander Mackendrick
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 ( DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: 21 Jun 2004
  • Run Time: 87 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • DVD Features:
    • Main Language: English
    • Available Audio Tracks: Mono
    • Trailer
  • ASIN: B000260OYE
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 22,724 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Although you never really fear for Mrs "lop-sided" Wilberforce or General Gordon (her parrot) in The Ladykillers, the criminal gang who come to stay are clearly dangerous. Alec Guinness is extraordinary as the buck-toothed mastermind, and once the hijacked lolly is stowed in their digs it's a joy to watch him scheme to eliminate the other crooks and abscond with it all. Herbert Lom's thuggishness, Peter Seller's nervy twitching, and Danny Green's lumbering cloddishness are a treat, but are wickedly done away with one by one under cover of locomotive smoke plumes. So many set-pieces make this a classic: sending the landlady to collect the stolen money at the station, Frankie Howerd's boisterous fruit seller cameo, and keeping alive the idea that the gang's a musical troupe with a penchant for Boccherini and Haydn. Some inspired set design and camera work even add an expressionistic quality. --Paul Tonks

Synopsis
THE LADYKILLERS, director Alexander Mackendrick's third Ealing farce, is the final comedy produced by the famous studio and one of its most celebrated