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Actors: Alec Guiness, Herbert Lom
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Ladykillers (1955) |
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The original Ladykillers before the recent one starring Tom Hanks was released in 1954, and it is also about a group of thieves who convince an old lady that they are nothing more than a band using her house for board. The leader of the group (Alec Guinness) concocts a plan for a heist, using the aid of his other team members (Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Danny Green). The viewer soon finds out through a series of coincidences and maybe even a bit of fate that the thieves have met their match in the old lady (Katie Johnson). This is a great chance to see a classic comedy and to see the late great Peter Sellers.
--Steve DiMatteo, Resident Scholar
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Long before Peter Sellers became famous with the Pink Panther films, he co-starred in this wonderfully funny film starring Alec Guiness. In the film, Guiness gives a wonderful performance as the head of a group of criminals. Guiness and his gang rent a room from an old woman, and claim to be musicians. They really are using the room to plan a robbery, and using their tenant as an advantage, they work her into the scheme. The robbery is sucessful, but she then finds out what they've done. They soon decide to kill her off, before she runs to the police, but no matter how much they try, they're just not able to kill her.
--Estefan Ellison, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Ladykillers (1955) |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
If a parody... of
- gangsters/crime
Kind of comedy
- bungling criminals
How much humor v. drama
- Nearly all humor
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
- criminal
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
- white
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) very skinny
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- white/grey
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- (woman) very skinny
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
- Female
Age:
- 40's-50's
- 60's-90's
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
- homemaker
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
- 90%-100%
Hair color
- blonde
- white
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (man) skinny
- (woman) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting
- moving train
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Subtitles?
- No
Any profanity?
- None
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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