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Ladykillers, The (1955) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Ladykillers, The (1955) a score of 2.9786 out of 4

based on (22) reviews

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ToxicUniverse.com (Jeremiah Kipp)

This was the master of sophisticated sangfroid in the prime of his early career. The best was yet to come....read the complete Ladykillers, The (1955) review at ToxicUniverse.com (Jeremiah Kipp)

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filmcritic.com

As black comedies go, The Ladykillers (remade in 2004) is neither terribly black nor terribly comedic. The centerpiece performance by a sunken-eyed Alec Guinness doesn't ever raise the film above its simple beginnings, involving a band of crooks (led by...read the complete Ladykillers, The (1955) review at filmcritic.com

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The Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)

Tom Hanks sports one of the all-time weird movie accents in The Ladykillers, a bizarre Southern twang spoken by someone who's had a few too many pieces of sour candy. Hanks plays Professor Goldthwait Higginson Dorr -- or G.H. for short -- a preening,...read the complete Ladykillers, The (1955) review at The Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)