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The Ladykillers [1955]
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quite simply one of the best films ever made.
Review date: 2008-02-20 Rating: 10 out of 10
What a glorious little film. A comic masterpiece, what more can I say. Its guaranteed to put a warm smile on your face after the most miserable of days. I have seen it countless times and its always fresh and funny. And by the way, Peter Sellers provided the voice of the parrot. At one stage he actually squawks 'Alec Guinness!"
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Reviews
great film, bad dvd
Review date: 2007-10-23 Rating: 2 out of 10
The Ladykillers is one of the greatest British comedy films ever, with a uniformly superb cast. However, while the picture quality is fine, the sound on this dvd is abominable, like a bad cassette tape. I also bought Kind Hearts & Coronets in the same series and that is equally bad. To knock out such classic films on such cheaply produced dvds is reprehensible and the manufacturers should be ashamed.
"No One Touches Mrs. Lopsided!"
Review date: 2007-10-04 Rating: 10 out of 10
One of, if not the greatest of the Ealing comedies.
Over fifty years on and having watched it many, many times, I still find something new to laugh at each time I see it.
The real star of the movie is the landlady, Mrs. Wilberforce (Mrs. Lopsided).
If you have never seen this film, get it. It's a "must have" for your collection - Wait for the final and funniest scene of the movie when Mrs. Wilberforce takes the stolen money to the Police Station.
Those of us who are "of a certain age" will look at the movie and think "Was it really like that? Was life really so simple?"
Buy it and enjoy (and enjoy, and enjoy, and enjoy............)
"No-one touches Mrs Lop-Sided!"
Review date: 2007-09-21 Rating: 10 out of 10
It never really got any better than this at Ealing - a comedy masterpiece. Loads of entertainment value here, from the gang of crooks posing as a string quartet, to the wonderfully dotty little old lady with a vivid imagination and a noisy parrot. Lots of nice little cameos here too (including Frankie Howerd as a frustrated barrow-boy). The casting is just perfect, including an outrageously disguised Alec Guinness as "The Professor", a "wide boy" Peter Sellers and a gangsterish Herbert Lom. The story is excellent and it's all in colour. This is a DVD to treasure and one that you will watch again and again.
Ealing Heaven
Review date: 2007-05-07 Rating: 10 out of 10
This very late Ealing comedy (1955) is one of the best British films ever made. Alec Guiness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers and Danny Green are the villians of the piece. The've committed a robbery and are looking for a hide-out to lay low. You'd think with a cast like that, that none of them could be upstaged. They are though, by Katie Johnson, who plays the landlady at the guest-house they hole up in. As Mrs Wilberforce she steals the film and indeed won a BAFTA in 1956 for best British Actress for her part in this film.
This film is full of great comedic moments and blessed with an almost perfect script. The guys are nearly always outwitted by the old lady (sometimes purposely and other times not). In an age of CGI and breath-taking special effects, give yourself a treat and see how films used to be made. It stands up to repeated viewings and is as good a film as you are ever likely to see. Look out for cameo roles by Jack Warner (Dixon of Dock Green) and Frankie Howerd.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Peter Sellers
Alec Guinness
Herbert Lom
Cecil Parker
Katie Johnston
Creators:
Alec Guinness (Primary Contributor)
Herbert Lom (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: Optimum Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Optimum Home Entertainment
EAN: 5060034576563
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2006-11-13
Audience rating: Universal, suitable for all
Region code: 2
Running time: 87 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1955
Language: English (Original Language)