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The Ladykillers (1955 film)

This article is about the 1955 film. For the 2004 remake film, see The Ladykillers (2004 film). For other uses, see Ladykillers (disambiguation).

The Ladykillers
Original film poster by Reginald Mount[1]
Directed byAlexander Mackendrick
Written byWilliam Rose
Produced byMichael Balcon
Starring
CinematographyOtto Heller
Edited byJack Harris
Music byTristram Cary
Production
company
Distributed byThe Rank Organisation
Release date
  • 8 December 1955 (1955-12-08) (UK)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Ladykillers is a 1955 British black comedy crime film directed by Alexander Mackendrick for Ealing Studios. It stars Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Jack Warner, and Katie Johnson as the old lady, Mrs. Wilberforce.[2]

William Rose wrote the screenplay,[2] for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and won the BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay. He claimed to have dreamt the entire film and merely had to remember the details when he awoke.

  1. ^ "Reginald Mount". The Art of War. The National Archives. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b "The Ladykillers 1955". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved 11 July 2016.

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