If you loved The Man in the White Suit, try The Ladykillers

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The Man in the White Suit

1951 · dir. Alexander Mackendrick

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Both films are directed by Alexander Mackendrick, and they both carry the playful mood tag, and they sit in Comedy territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Man in the White Suit, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Ladykillers is

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.

If you loved The Man in the White Suit, try The Ladykillers

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