The Ladykillers

United Kingdom, 1955

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Episode of Series “Forever Ealing”.
A black comedy from the Ealing Studios which features Alec Guinness and Peter Sellers. An innocent little old lady who takes in a sinister lodger finds out that he and four friends have committed a robbery. Once they realise she knows everything, they plot to kill her. However, just because she is the archetypal genteel old lady pensioner, doesn’t mean that she is quite as harmless as she seems. Also stars Jack Warner, Katie Johnson and Frankie Howerd.

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Credits

producer

Sir Michael Balcon

director

Alexander Mackendrick

production company

Michael Balcon Productions

Ealing Studios

Duration

01:27:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1955

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Group of items

Forever Ealing

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

304307

Language

English

Audience classification

PG

Subject categories

Comedy

Comedy → Black comedy

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q794306

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