The Ladykillers
- 1955 film
Classic Ealing comedy starring Alec Guinness and Peter Sellers. A gang of robbers meet their match in a little old lady. Also features Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Danny Green, Jack Warner, Katie Johnson and more.
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Graham Linehan puts Ladykillers on stage
Classic film comedy The Ladykillers is to be brought to the stage in an adaptation by Father Ted and The IT Crowd creator Graham Linehan.
BBC News, 6th June 2011Video: Ladykillers 'homage' takes to the stage
Classic film comedy The Ladykillers is to be brought to the stage in an adaptation by Father Ted and The IT Crowd creator Graham Linehan.
One of the stars, Peter Capaldi, told BBC Breakfast it pays homage to the 1955 film but he says Linehan's re-worked script is a more edgier take on the original production.
Linehan said the action would be kept within the house and there was room within the play to have more fun with the characters.
The Ladykillers will run at the Liverpool Playhouse from 3-19 November, transferring to the Gielgud Theatre in London one week later.
BBC News, 6th June 2011Top 10 British comedy films
At last Ricky Gervais has done it. He's finally made a film that's good. And this got me thinking about my favourite all time British comedy films. And here they are, in chronological order to avoid favouritism.
Dave Heckler, UKTV, 22nd April 2010