The Ladykillers Alexander Mackendrick Digital Life DVD

The Ladykillers
starring: Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Danny Green
directed by: Alexander Mackendrick

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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0013131147490
Format: Color, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 10, 2002
Running Time: 91 minutes
Sales Rank: 7072
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Theatrical Release Date: 1955

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A gang planning a job find themselves living with a little old lady who thinks they are musicians. When the gang set out to kill mrs wilberforce they run into one problem after another and they get what they deserve. Studio: Starz/sphe Release Date: 11/11/2008 Starring: Alec Guinness Cecil Parker Run time: 91 minutes

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In English comedy at its blackest (and funniest) pitch, this droll 1955 farce finds Alec Guinness in one of his typically deft, chameleon turns as would-be criminal mastermind Professor Marcus. When Marcus's grand plan to pull off a train heist leads him to a strategically situated house occupied by the genteel Mrs. Wilberforce (Katie Johnson), the ensuing masquerade triggers a mordant, even macabre comedy of manners. With Marcus and his rough-hewn cronies (Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, and Danny Green) posing as a string quartet, and the dear lady's demise seen as the means to their larcenous end, the gang's sinister machinations are consistently, if unwittingly, foiled by the good-hearted, resourceful widow. --Sam Sutherland

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- Absolutely perfect
Very few films achieve perfection but this one comes close to it. Alec Guiness as the leader of a band of dysfunctional robbers, is wonderful. I won't try to summarize the movie, that's been done enough already...but...Guiness rents a flat from a very nice, little old lady and tells her that he and his musician friends will be practicing a lot. In fact they are planning their grand heist.

The little old lady, who is ever so helpful, is constantly butting in to the increasing unhappiness of the gang. Ultimately, our boys decide that they will need to 'rub the old lady out'. Unfortunately, none of them really wants to be the hit man. Nevertheless, a killer is chosen but fails miserably and is ultimately killed himself. Guiness as gang leader grows increasingly neurotic with unbelievable facial ticks. Another killer is chosen but himself dies, leaving the old lady untouched. You've got it. The gang ... Read More

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- Right On, Mrs. Wilberforce
It's pretty well known in certain circles, like the ones I grew up in some time ago, that the British movie studio known as Ealing created a series of wonderful comedies in the 1950s. I can still remember the thrill of anticipation I had, as I scrunched down in my seat in the movie house, and the J. Arthur Rank living logo, that bare-chested, muscular, well-oiled man, who hit the great big dinner gong, came on the screen. And "The Ladykillers"(1955), quite a black comedy, has long been considered one of the best of the lot. It was made in Technicolor, the only one of the dozen comedies to be made in color. And, like many of the others, it was produced by Michael Balcom, directed by Alexander Mackendrick, and starred the young Alec Guinness. And the script that has stood up surprisingly well all these years was by William Rose. (The recent, 2004 remake by the Coen brothers was far less sophisticated.)

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- ...humor of the finest kind
There is only one "The Ladykillers" and this is the British one from 1955 lensed by Alexander Mackendrick. It is definitely not the one remade in 2004 by Ethan and Joel Coen!

A charming and well worth watching criminal comedy of its best, with marker jokes, witty and imaginatively directed as well as brilliantly presented by Katie Johnson as Mrs. Wilberforce and Alec Guiness as professor Marcus. Especially the first half is full of ironic serving beautifully the comic of this first class movie. Although the 2nd part may not that speedy nor so full of pep the actors are covering this part generously by caricaturing the various characters extraordinarily well.

... a real jewel of classical, English gangster comedy about a cuddlesome grandma whom the gang found a hard nut to crack.

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- Great old Movie -
If you like dry humor, great acting, and classic-type movies - you'll love this. I've watched it periodically for years and still love it. It is a one-of-a-kind!!!! I highly recommend it.

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