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Ladykillers, The (1955)

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All Time

of 190,179

649

1950's

of 8,943

64

1955

of 2,457

8
Comedy
- Comedy All Time
  
  of 36,566
  
  99
  
  Comedy of 1955
  
  of 147
  
  1
  
  Comedy of the 1950's
  
  of 1,560
  
  6
Crime
- Crime All Time
  
  of 6,082
  
  133
  
  Crime of 1955
  
  of 73
  
  1
  
  Crime of the 1950's
  
  of 670
  
  16

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Ladykillers, The (1955) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:3.0854

Avg Critic Score:3.0412

Ladykillers, The (1955) Movie Reviews

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filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

As black comedies go, The Ladykillers (remade in 2004) is neither terribly black nor terribly comedic. ...read the complete Ladykillers movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

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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)

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