The Ladykillers

Starring: Alec Guinness, Katie Johnson, Cecil Parker, et al.

A toothy British crook and his gang involve their daffy landlady in a bank caper. Directed by Alexander Mackendrick.

• Format: Blu-ray
• Language: English
• UPC: 012236107828
• Release Date: March 2013
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Lionsgate
• Director: Alexander Mackendrick
• Starring: Alec Guinness, Katie Johnson, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Frankie Howerd
• Runtime: 1 hour, 30 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: multiple_formats
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.4" x 7.5" x 0.7"

Customer Reviews

Then there were none.

This is a cute comedy starring, of course, Alex Guinness and a few other memorable actors such as Peter Sellers, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, and Danny Green. It was interestingly pointed out to me that Alex’s character, Professor Marcus, has a strikingly similar appearance to Alistair Sim. At first, you are caught up in the story and miss the entire inside jokes. Therefore, after watching the movie the first time, be sure to look at the Blu-ray DVD extras and voiceovers that are supplied with the Blu-Ray version. Then watch the movie again, and you will see all the marvelous things that they created that we missed that change this movie from a medium-star cute movie to an excellent production. Some strange and shifty characters rent a couple of rooms from what appears to be a ditzy old lady (Katie Johnson). They pretend to be musicians, each carrying their instrument, but when the chips are down, the instrument that plays is the Victrola. Why are they there? We soon find out that they plan the perfect robbery and intend to include the innocent ditzy old lady as their patsy. Of course, everything goes swimmingly well. Well, maybe not that well, as the robbery does not go as smoothly as planned, and you think that some of the robbers will get apoplexy watching how close the money comes to being repossessed. Soon they realize that the ditzy old lady is not so ditzy and suspects their motives. Hence the title of the movie that could have been a play, "The Lady Killers." Will they succeed? Or will fate in the form of greed take a hand?