The Ladykillers

"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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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)

Michael Corcoran

Burglar (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin

Parcels Clerk (uncredited)

Fred Griffiths

Junk Man (uncredited)

Lucy Griffiths

Miss Pringle (uncredited)

George Hilsdon

Security Van Driver (uncredited)

Vincent Holman

Station Master (uncredited)

Stratford Johns

Security Guard (uncredited)

Sam Kydd

Second Cab Driver (uncredited)

Edie Martin

Lettice (uncredited)

Jack Melford

Detective (uncredited)

Arthur Mullard

(uncredited)

Ewan Roberts

Constable (uncredited)

George Roderick

Radio Car Policeman (uncredited)

John Rudling

Nervous Man (uncredited)

Leonard Sharp

Pavement Artist (uncredited)

Peter Williams

Detective at Parcels Office (uncredited)

Neil Wilson

Policeman (uncredited)

Phoebe Hodgson

Constance (uncredited)

Crew

Alexander Mackendrick

Director

William Rose

Screenplay

Michael Balcon

Producer

Otto Heller

Director of Photography

Jack Harris

Editor

Jim Morahan

Art Direction

Anthony Mendleson

Costume Design

Alex Garfath

Makeup Artist

Daphne Martin

Hairstylist

Hal Mason

Production Supervisor

David Peers

Unit Production Manager

Tom Pevsner

Assistant Director

W. Simpson Robinson

Scenic Artist

Bert Davey

Assistant Art Director

Norman Dorme

Set Designer

Tony Rimmington

Set Designer

Jack Shampan

Set Designer

Sydney Pearson

Special Effects

Chic Waterson

Camera Operator

Alan Bryce

First Assistant Camera

Ray Parslow

First Assistant Camera

Herbert Smith

First Assistant Camera

Harry Aldous

Assistant Editor

Jim Clark

Assistant Editor

Dock Mathieson

Music Director

Joan Bridge

Color Timer

Stephen Dalby

Supervising Sound Editor

Leo Wilkins

Sound Recordist

Felicia Manheim

Continuity

Gordon Stone

Sound Editor

Seth Holt

Associate Producer

Robin Clarke

Assistant Editor

Tristram Cary

Original Music Composer

William Rose

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