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The Ladykillers

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Directed by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a band in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting landlord – a sharp old woman. From TMDB

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The Ladykillers is a 2004 comedy crime thriller film, directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, starring Tom Hanks, Irma P. Hall and Marlon Wayans.

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  • Mary Grace #EndTheDeathPenaltyEverywhere @emgeekay.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 29, 2024

    I’m watching an old film, “The Ladykillers,” with Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, and the delightful Katie Johnson. It’s very funny.

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  • Horror & Coffee @foundfootagefan.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 22, 2026

    Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 The Ladykillers (1955) By Jonathan Burton

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  • film-authority.com @film-authority.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 20, 2026

    Getting the 4K treatment as part of restored Peter Sellers Collection, arriving on Blu-Ray on 31st August under StudioCanal’s Vintage Classics label, The Ladykillers is still a black comedy classic. Alec Guinness, Herbert Lom and Katie Johnson co-star... 4 out of 5 film-authority.com/2026/08/20/t...

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  • The Handlen, The Zack, And The Crypt @zhandlen.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 3, 2025

    Trying to think of a movie with more hapless villains than COMMANDO. it’s like Arnie’s version of THE LADYKILLERS.

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  • Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 21, 2025

    A gloriously fine Italian movie poster by Michele Majorana for 1956’s classic ‘The Ladykillers’.

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  • Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 9, 2026

    Now watching: ‘The Ladykillers’, dir. Alexander Mackendrick, 1955. I just gasped in delight at a shot of the gasholders behind Kings Cross. 🎥🎬

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  • New London Boy 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @newlondonboy.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 10, 2026

    #NowWatching #TheLadykillers The 4k restoration is incredible. This is a particular favourite of mine because it's set in my neighbourhood of King's Cross/St. Pancras #FilmSky #London

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  • Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 16, 2025

    Goon Pod: The Ladykillers (1955) “Mrs Wilberforce? I understand you have rooms to let…” Peter Sellers’ first major movie and one of the greatest Ealing comedies. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/g...

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  • On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 30, 2025

    On this night (30th December) in 1978, the Scala Cinema was showing The Lavender Hill Mob, The Ladykillers, The Rebel, The Punch And Judy Man and And Now For Something Completely Different as a Classic Comedy all-nighter.

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  • Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️ @skipbolden.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 10, 2026

    The Ladykillers (2004) Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen stars Tom Hanks, Irma P. Hall, Marlon Wayans, J. K. Simmons, Tzi Ma and Ryan Hurst. This is a remake of the 1955 British comedy film of the same name, which was written by William Rose.

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  • F♯A♯∞, fka ☕️ @coopercooperco.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 20, 2025

    The Ladykillers episode one of the funniest in a long time. Griffin saying he laughs once a minute at the movie lol

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  • waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.socialBluesky · May 15, 2025

    Few film portraits I love more than this one for "The Ladykillers". Those characters just shine through, don't they?

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  • Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 25, 2026

    I’m on my nonsense again. This week’s Six Things: – a short film about wind – Hotel Where? – A Word a Day – COW TOOLS – The joy of The Ladykillers – HORSES open.substack.com/pub/levparik...

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  • The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 18, 2025

    #BOTD 1878 Bessie Kate Johnson: English actress who appeared on stage from 1894 and on screen from the 1930s to the '50s. First appeared in a film at age 53, in 1932, but didn't receive critical acclaim until 1955, when she starred, aged 76, in The Ladykillers as Mrs Louisa Wilberforce."

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  • Anne Denoon @annedenoon.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 11, 2025

    Herbert Lom #BOTD 1917 & Peter Sellers (along with Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker & Danny Green) have Katie Johnson surrounded in this cast photo from The Ladykillers (dir. Alexander Mackendrick, 1955). 🎬 📷by Hal Hanscombe National Portrait Gallery, London

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  • Gaijin "Jiangshi" Rando @gaijinrando.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 29, 2026

    What would you say is the greatest British film of all-time? Gimme a Top 5. Black Narcissus (1947) The Queen of Spades (1949) The Ladykillers (1955) Mona Lisa (1986) The Long Day Closes (1992)

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  • The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2026

    #BOTD 1897 Hastings Cecil Parker: English actor with a distinctively husky voice, who usually played supporting roles, often characters with a supercilious demeanour, in his 91 films made between 1928 and 1969. The Lady Vanishes (1938), Under Capricorn (1949), The Ladykillers (1955)...

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  • please stop forgetting how elections work i beg of you @tonygoldmark.bsky.socialBluesky · May 23, 2026

    The 2004 Coen Bros. remake of The Ladykillers. The critics only hated it because they're accustomed to weirder, less conventional fare from the Coens, but there's nothing wrong with auteurs making a more "normal" movie for a change as long as it's good, and this is magnificently made.

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  • Zombiepirate @[email protected]Lemmy · Oct 29, 2025

    I'd say the Coen brothers are the most consistently good filmmakers. There's absolute bangers like *Fargo* and *True Grit*. Even their lesser known ones like *The Ladykillers* and *Hail Caesar* are worth a watch. There's *O Brother Where Art Thou*, and *Barton Fink*, which are their most underrated in my opinion. I don't think they put out a single stinker, and most are A or A+.

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  • Wilson @wilsonjettone.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    A delightful and charming mid-to-late period Woody Allen film. An amiable heist comedy, that is reminiscent of a number of earlier films, from The Ladykillers, to Larceny, inc. Every beat of comedy is obvious, but it always makes me laugh.

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  • Tim Thomas @timofnewbury.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 26, 2026

    A favourite film - The Ladykillers - railway scene - NB Spoiler alert

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  • Maranoa Girl @maranoagirl.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 7, 2025

    The Ladykillers. One of the best comedy films ever made. theconversation.com/the-ladykill...

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  • Cethan Leahy @cethanleahy.comBluesky · Jan 7, 2025

    Just watched the Ladykillers (1955) and fondly remembering that in 2004, we were pretty confident that the Coen Brothers were possibly never going to make a good movie again.

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  • Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 3, 2024

    “When seeing how well Hanks leverages villainy for laughs, it’s fascinating to consider that Hanks doesn’t believe he plays bad guys well.” @812filmreviews.bsky.social appreciates Tom Hanks in The Ladykillers: www.rogerebert.com/features/tom...

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  • Jillian @kittenfish.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 4, 2023

    We watched both versions of The Ladykillers this weekend. The original is a great movie! It’s fun and funny, a little dark but also kind of sweet. Alec Guinness looks hilariously awful but it works. I e seen it before and I’ll watch it again. The Coen bros version is disgusto barfo. I watched it

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  • Wolfmanning Skull 🎃 @manningkrull.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 10, 2025

    A cinematic pet peeve of mine that only comes up rarely: editor edits a scene of music that shows black people clapping on the beat. The film industry should have a special punishment for that. (Just saw this happen in The Ladykillers. A *gospel* scene of all things!)

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  • Jack @jacklikesfilms.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 13, 2024

    Favourite: While I think No Country For Old Men is objectively their best film, O Brother, Where Art Thou will always be my favourite Least favourite: The Ladykillers. Painful.

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  • Chris G 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @sidneypaget.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 14, 2025

    Here’s some Boccherini, and if you are a film fan you might recognise it from the film the Ladykillers Been quite serious so next week, I think a week of children’s tv show themes….. m.youtube.com/watch?v=558k...

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  • Bryan Loomis @bryanwhatapic.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 1, 2023

    Movie years project Year 1955 (47/122) Now Watching 📽️ #7/10 The Ladykillers dir. Alexander Mackendrick rec'd by @innocence.com, @jacklikesfilms.bsky.social

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  • Mark F @markfreemymind.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 6, 2026

    Thank you to all who are & have posted a #RandomMovieGIF Full and updated details are below, including hashtags for Spring and Easter🙂 The LadyKillers (2004) US remake of the 1955 British comedy film.

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  • Ellen Clair Lamb @eclamb.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 20, 2025

    The Coen Brothers’ remake of “The Ladykillers.” Not their best movie, definitely their best soundtrack.

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  • Todd @kinetograph.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 9, 2025

    The white cockatoo was inspired by the cockatoo in Citizen Kane to pursue a film career. It thought The Ladykillers would be its big break, but its big dialogue scene was cut because the director was concerned that people wouldn't understand the bird's thick Yorkshire accent. #TCMParty

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  • Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 4, 2025

    1960s re-release posters for the movie, “The Ladykillers” (1955), directed by Alexander Mackendrick. Poster art by Heinz Edelmann.

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  • Gothiron @gothiron.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 25, 2023

    Getting to see The Ladykillers (original) at the cinema was quite a treat. Part of their Ealing Comedies season. Still stands up as a film and of course excellent locations.

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  • ScouseLakes @scouselakes.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 18, 2026

    Just been to our #TownNotAVillage Film Club, to see The Ladykillers, with Alistair Sim et al. Very enjoyable, and a good-sized audience.

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  • J.R. Jenks @jrjenks.bsky.socialBluesky · May 3, 2026

    The Ladykillers (1955) which is an honorary B&W film, even though it's in color. See, Alexander Mackendrick used B&W sets and a directorial sensibility that *feels* B&W. I'll bet even odds that, if you've seen it, you remember it being B&W.

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  • rob @robinprague.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 29, 2026

    Great film. Alexander Mackendrick's first US film .. just a few years after making the wonderful Man in a White Suit and The Ladykillers.

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  • Paul (he/him) @peck7235.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 18, 2026

    Name a film you would call PERFECT. Any genre. 🎬 The Ladykillers (1955)

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  • Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 4, 2025

    Poster for the movie, “The Ladykillers” (1955), directed by Alexander Mackendrick. Poster art by Hans Hillmann.

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  • The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 21, 2024

    #BOTD 1923 Seth Holt: Palestinian-born British film director, producer and editor. His films are characterised by their tense atmosphere and suspense, as well as their striking visual style. The Ladykillers (1955 -producer),Taste of Fear (1961)The Nanny (1965) Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971) ...

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  • Bryan Loomis @bryanwhatapic.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 30, 2024

    Movie years project Year 2004 (68/122) Now Watching 📽️ #3/11 The Ladykillers dir. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen rec'd by absolutely no one

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  • Pedro Jimenez @pedropeterperico.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 17, 2026

    I just rewatched what I consider, and many others as well, to be the Coen brothers worst film, The Ladykillers (2004). I feared that after this and Intolerable Cruelty, that they had lost their mojo. Boy were we wrong. 2/5

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  • Tristan Petty @magicalart.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 14, 2026

    Picking a random film from my collection to show off for no real reason. Day 7: The Ladykillers

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  • Beth Levin @betheena.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 4, 2025

    Remembering English actress KatieJohnson BOTD in 1878, seen here in her BAFTA award winning role as the eccentric old widow Mrs Louisa Wilberforce in the Ealing Studios 🇬🇧 British comedy film "THE LADYKILLERS"(1955) with co-stars Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers and Danny Green

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  • Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 21, 2025

    This year is the 70th anniversary of one of the great Ealing comedies, THE LADYKILLERS, starring Alec Guinness, Katie Johnson, Herbert Lom and Peter Sellers. Described by its director as a film about Britain in subsidence, why not check out our chat about it? podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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  • Mutual I'm Sure @mutualimsure.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 20, 2025

    Tonight's movie is The Ladykillers (2004) so I can listen to Blank Check about it Sunday 🫤

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  • Dennis Hartley @denofcinema.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 9, 2025

    #TCMParty Ealing Studios rocks! THE LADYKILLERS made my top 15 heist movie list. denofcinema.com/dont-nobody-...

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  • Alex Reed @salexanderreed.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 28, 2025

    Also, The Ladykillers (2004), despite being the Coens' worst film, has a Palestrina scholar as its protagonist.

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  • Possible Cabbage 🟢 @possiblecabbage.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 21, 2024

    Part of being a Coen Bros. fan is being comfortable at a higher ironic distance, and from that distance you can't be mad at people who don't like a movie you like. But the "The Ladykillers" just doesn't work.

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  • Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 21, 2024

    introduce yourself with: one book: Thief of Time one film: the Ladykillers Coen remake one album: Giant Steps one tv show: Hannibal

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  • LF Lightning-Barugh @cheeseford.bsky.socialBluesky · May 11, 2026

    When I was 10, my favourite film was The Ladykillers. It still is.

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  • Ian Malcolm @ianmalcolm.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 18, 2026

    Once again I find myself delving into the cinematic past for some Saturday night entertainment; this time all the way back to 1955 for the classic Ealing comedy, 'The Ladykillers'. #film #letterboxd

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  • Clarissa Oakes 🇺🇦 @clarissaoakes.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 15, 2026

    What a lovely picture. Iconic actors, iconic film. I'm usually reminded of The Ladykillers when passing through that tunnel in or out of Kings Cross.

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  • Gareth @gawuffy.co.ukBluesky · Aug 16, 2025

    It's a lovely film and never fails to make me smile. The Ladykillers will always be my favourite Ealing, but Titfield is top three with Kind Hearts and Coronets - for Alec Guinness playing eight characters, and also its *wonderful* ending. Reckon you've both taken care of tomorrow afternoon for me 🙂

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  • tonkord @tonkord.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 30, 2025

    365 films in danger of being forgotten 1. Over 50 years old 2. Not on Sight & Sound's list of 250 best films 3. Not on "my 60 beloved films" 4. Not on my "1 film 100 best directors" 70/365 Alexander Mackendrick - The Ladykillers (1955) #Filmsky #MovieSky #MovieChallenge #FilmChallenge

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  • WinchesterLunch 🇺🇦 @winchesterlunch.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 27, 2024

    I watched The Ladykillers with my 22-y-o on Boxing Day and seeing his jaw drop open at the denouement was a joy. Nice to see a film from 1955 make a GenZ’er howl with laughter.

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  • DeeEm @deeemceeem.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 7, 2024

    #FilmSky #Movies 🎬🎥 Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order No explanations, no reviews, just gifs 10/20 No gif for the 1955 classic, The Ladykillers!

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  • perishthethought @[email protected]Lemmy · Sep 19, 2024

    The Ladykillers (1955 480p?). The Ladykillers is a 1955 British black comedy crime film directed by Alexander Mackendrick for Ealing Studios. It stars Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Jack Warner, and Katie Johnson as the old lady, Mrs. Wilberforce. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ladykillers_(1955_film) ![the poster](https://lemm.ee/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fen%2Fd%2Fd4%2FThe_Ladykillers_poster.jpg)

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  • Julia Is Waving, Not Drowning @booktweeting.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 17, 2024

    my perspective is that Fargo is a movie with an intensely moral center (I would argue like all Coen brothers movies except maybe The Ladykillers) and A Simple Plan is old-school existentialist noir, much like The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

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  • Sairah @iamsairax.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 2, 2024

    I might be one of the only people who liked Tom Hanks in “The Ladykillers”. I just like when he’s a big goof! (The film has its problems but I do like the part where people start dying off.)

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