

The Ladykillers
DirectorAlexander Mackendrick
“Who was that lady I saw you outwit last night? That was no lady … That was ‘Mum’ Wilberforce, …”
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
Professor Marcus

Cecil Parker
Claude, alias 'Major Courtney'

Herbert Lom
Louis, alias 'Mr. Harvey'

Peter Sellers
Harry, alias 'Mr. Robinson'

Danny Green
'One-Round', alias 'Mr. Lawson'

Katie Johnson
Mrs. Wilberforce

Jack Warner
The Superintendent
Philip Stainton
The Sergeant

Frankie Howerd
The Barrow Boy
Madge Brindley
Large Lady (uncredited)
Hélène Burls
Hypatia (uncredited)

Kenneth Connor
Cab Driver (uncredited)
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