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The ladykillers [videorecording (DVD)].

Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2002.

DVD LAD 1955 Com

Video Difference legacy collection.

[videorecording (DVD)].

1 videodisc (91 min.) : Dolby digital mono. sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1955.

Includes English and French language tracks.

Closed-captioned.

Studio Canal ; the Rank Organisation presents ; an Ealing Studios, Michael Balcon production ; music composed by Tristram Cary ; played by the Sinfonia of London, conducted by Dock Mathieson ; story and screenplay by William Rose ; directed by Alexander Mackendrick.

Alec Guinness with Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers and Danny Green.

"Sir Alec Guinness gives one of his most unforgettable performances as Professor Marcus, the mastermind of a gang of vicious bank robbers who rent a room from elderly widow Mrs. Wilber (Katie Johnson, winner of the British Academy Award for Best Actress). But when the dear old woman begins to meddle in their 'perfect crime,' the crooks (including Herbert Lom and the legendary Peter Sellers in his first major screen role) decide that she must be killed. Now after a daring heist, a runaway parrot and several cups of tea, can the most diabolical criminals in London still manage to murder one sweet old lady? Directed by Alexander Mackendrick (The Man in the White Suit, Sweet Smell of Success), this Ealing Studios masterpiece was nominated for an Oscar for Best Screenplay and remains one of the most ruthlessly brilliant black comedies of all time. The Alec Guinness Collection presents this screen legend's classic comedies including Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Lavender Hill Mob, The Man in the White Suit, and The Captain's Paradise, and still considered to be among the greatest movie comedies ever made."--Container.

Dark comedy films.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Mackendrick, Alexander, 1912-1993.

Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000.

Parker, Cecil, 1897-1971.

Sellers, Peter, 1925-1980.

Green, Danny, 1903-1973.

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