The Ladykillers.
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : StudioCanal, 1955., Kanopy Streaming, 2024.
Status
Available Online
Description
Professor Marcus arrives to take lodgings at the home of delicate Mrs. Wilberforce. By evening he is visited by four friends, as weird and sinister as Marcus himself. So assembles the ugliest set of criminals one could wish to meet. They explain to the unsuspecting lady that they are members of a string quartet meeting to rehearse. The rehearsing, in fact, is for an armed robbery. The robbery over, Mrs. Wilberforce discovers the truth. Therefore she must be eliminated. But who will do it? The arguing of the issue brings about the hilarious twist to this ingenious Ealing comedy thriller.
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Format
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Title from title frames.
General Note
Film
General Note
In Process Record.
Participants/Performers
Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Danny Green, Herbert Lom, Jack Warner, Peter Sellers
Date/Time and Place of Event
Originally produced by StudioCanal in 1955.
Description
Professor Marcus arrives to take lodgings at the home of delicate Mrs. Wilberforce. By evening he is visited by four friends, as weird and sinister as Marcus himself. So assembles the ugliest set of criminals one could wish to meet. They explain to the unsuspecting lady that they are members of a string quartet meeting to rehearse. The rehearsing, in fact, is for an armed robbery. The robbery over, Mrs. Wilberforce discovers the truth. Therefore she must be eliminated. But who will do it? The arguing of the issue brings about the hilarious twist to this ingenious Ealing comedy thriller.
System Details
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Mackendrick, A., Guinness, A., Parker, C., Green, D., Lom, H., Warner, J., & Sellers, P. (1955). The Ladykillers . StudioCanal.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Alexander, Mackendrick et al.. 1955. The Ladykillers. [San Francisco, California, USA]: StudioCanal.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Alexander, Mackendrick et al.. The Ladykillers [San Francisco, California, USA]: StudioCanal, 1955.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Mackendrick, A., Guinness, A., Parker, C., Green, D., Lom, H., Warner, J. and Sellers, P. (1955). The ladykillers. [San Francisco, California, USA]: StudioCanal.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Mackendrick, Alexander,, et al. The Ladykillers StudioCanal, 1955.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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| Last Update | 2025-01-24 12:33:29PM |
| Last Indexed | 2025-05-22 03:15:48AM |
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