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Ladykillers Classics Remastered, The Blu-ray

Blu-ray  |  Comedy  |  24 Mar 2021
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The Titan of Comedy in his most hilarious frolic!

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.

Title: Ladykillers Classics Remastered, The

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 24 Mar 2021

Actor(s): Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Katie Johnson, Cecil Parker, Danny Green, Jack Warner, Philip Stainton, Frankie Howerd

Sku: 2615399

Catalogue No: BD49227

Category: Comedy

Disc Count: 2

Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1

OFLC Rating: PG

Run Time: 91

Transfer Format: 1080P HD, 4:3 Original Aspect Ratio

Video Format: PAL

Primary Audio: Dual Mono

Language: English, Dual Mono, German, Dual Mono

Subtitles: English for the Hearing Impaired, German

Region Code: B

OFLC Advice: Coarse Language, Mild Themes And Violence

Dubbed Languages: English, Dual Mono, German, Dual Mono

Director(s): Alexander MacKendrick

Genre: Comedy, Crime

PRODUCT REVIEWS

Professor Marcus (Alec Guinness) heads up a crew of criminals who are using an old woman’s boarding house as their base to plan a bank robbery. But it turns out their landlady Louisa Wilberforce (Katie Johnson) is a little bothersome. Worried that she will turn them into the police, the crooks decide they need to ‘knock her off’. But each of them balks at the task. What will be the end result? From the very opening scene, the cinematography is enjoyable. The set is fantastically off kilter and claustrophobically filled with knick-knacks as well as off centre furniture and corners. Mrs Wilberforce is endearingly innocent, and Alec Guiness is suitably slimy as Professor Marcus. The crew of villains is humorous with various cliché characters, each who balks at killing their host, Mrs Wilberforce. The results are slapstickish and results in suitable confusion. The pace moves quickly, and each aspect of the plot is fantastically outlined through clever dialogue and scenes. Overall, The Ladykillers (1955) brings plenty of fun for all viewers. While it appears that the villains are imposing on Mrs Wilberforce, there are plenty of scenes where viewers question who is suffering the most. There is plenty of slapstick humour and cleverly filmed scenes to introduce characters in this movie. If you are a fan of well made movies with excellently acted characters and a stage play like plot, this is a film for you. * This review has been written for Sanity. For more reviews from Walkden Entertainment, check out the link here: www.walkdenentertainment.com

Published on:
19 Sep 2023

Published by:
Walkden Entertainment (Trisha Walkden) www.walkdenentertainment.com

This is probably the definitive copy of the movie in excellent definition and the original colour print. Way better than the grainy black and white version I originally saw.

Published on:
02 Feb 2022

Published by:
Al T

A brilliant comedy as only the British can do.........definitely worth a watch

Published on:
19 Jul 2021

Published by:
bondjamesbond

A much over-used expression, but this *is* a classic British comedy from Ealing Studios. It has a fine cast, although Alex Guiness seemed to be doing an Alistair Sim impersonation. Herbert Lom is miscast and a disappointment; he seems to be a refugee from a US gangster film and is quite unfunny, the rare misstep for the film. The prize must go to Katie Johnson as Mrs Wilberforce. This is a masterpiece of understatement that could easily have degraded into pathos but doesn't. Far from being senile, Mrs Wilberforce is merely naive and an innocent; a refugue from kinder, gentler times. She is the widow of a gentlemen, now down on her luck and living in a run-down Edwardian house over a railway viaduct. The scenes of her in the back of a taxi are gems. Some minor uncredited parts are also bloody terrific, particularly Kenneth Connor as the taxi driver. Frankie Howerd makes an all-to-brief appearance a costermonger -- his usual bumptious self. An excellent transfer to bluRay from the original 35mm print. This review has been written for Sanity. To see more from Ryan, follow @itsryanunicomb on Instagram

Published on:
17 May 2021

Published by:
itsryanunicomb


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