The Ladykillers (1955) [NR]

Release Date:
December 8, 1955

Original Title:
The Ladykillers

Alternate Titles:
El Quinteto de la Muerte
El quinteto de la muerte
Tueurs de dames
Η συμμορία των 5
老妇杀手团
贵妇杀手

Genres:
Comedy | Crime

Production Companies:
Ealing Studios
Michael Balcon Productions

Production Countries:
United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16  FR: U  GB: U  NL: 6  US: NR 

Runtime: 91

Who was that lady I saw you outwit last night? That was no lady … That was ‘Mum’ Wilberforce, …

Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.

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Art Direction:
Jim Morahan

Assistant Art Director:
Bert Davey

Assistant Director:
Tom Pevsner

Assistant Editor:
Jim Clark
Harry Aldous
Robin Clarke

Associate Producer:
Seth Holt

Camera Operator:
Chic Waterson

Color Timer:
Joan Bridge

Continuity:
Felicia Manheim

Costume Design:
Anthony Mendleson

Director:
Alexander Mackendrick

Director of Photography:
Otto Heller

Editor:
Jack Harris

First Assistant Camera:
Alan Bryce
Ray Parslow
Herbert Smith

Hairstylist:
Daphne Martin

Makeup Artist:
Alex Garfath

Music Director:
Dock Mathieson

Original Music Composer:
Tristram Cary

Producer:
Michael Balcon

Production Supervisor:
Hal Mason

Scenic Artist:
W. Simpson Robinson

Screenplay:
William Rose
Jimmy O'Connor

Set Designer:
Jack Shampan
Tony Rimmington
Norman Dorme

Sound Editor:
Gordon Stone

Sound Recordist:
Leo Wilkins

Special Effects:
Sydney Pearson

Story:
William Rose

Supervising Sound Editor:
Stephen Dalby

Unit Production Manager:
David Peers

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