The Ladykillers

Here's a lark: a caper film played mostly for laughs. A gang of criminal misfits, posing as a classical quintet, plots a heist from rooms rented by a sweet old lady. They picked the wrong granny to fool, though.

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Alexander Mackendrick directed The Ladykillers in 1955. See Alexander Mackendrick's full filmography, where to start with Alexander Mackendrick, or where to go after you've seen everything by Alexander Mackendrick.

The Ladykillers was released in 1955 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 91 minutes.