The Ladykillers (1955)

What it’s about

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.

Cast

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  Alec Guinness

  Professor Marcus

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  Cecil Parker

  Claude, alias 'Major Courtney'

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  Herbert Lom

  Louis, alias 'Mr. Harvey'

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  Peter Sellers

  Harry, alias 'Mr. Robinson'

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  Danny Green

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

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  Katie Johnson

  Mrs. Wilberforce

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  Jack Warner

  The Superintendent

• P

  Philip Stainton

  The Sergeant

• F

  Frankie Howerd

  The Barrow Boy

• M

  Madge Brindley

  Large Lady (uncredited)

• H

  Hélène Burls

  Hypatia (uncredited)

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  Kenneth Connor

  Cab Driver (uncredited)