Cinco delincuentes que planea el robo a un banco alquilan habitaciones en un callejón sin salida de una viuda octogenaria con la excusa de que son una orquesta de música clásica.Cinco delincuentes que planea el robo a un banco alquilan habitaciones en un callejón sin salida de una viuda octogenaria con la excusa de que son una orquesta de música clásica.Cinco delincuentes que planea el robo a un banco alquilan habitaciones en un callejón sin salida de una viuda octogenaria con la excusa de que son una orquesta de música clásica.
- Nominado a 1 premio Óscar
- 2 premios ganados y 5 nominaciones en total
- Large Lady
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- Hypatia
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- Bystander
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- Cab Driver
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- Burglar
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- Burglar
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- Detective
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- Parcels Clerk
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- Junk Man
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- TriviaBecause Katie Johnson (who played the old lady) was already 76 when she got the role, director Alexander Mackendrick went to the distributor and asked if her name could be prominently above the title, saying that this might be her last movie. The distributor agreed. Two years later, Johnson died. She only made one more movie.
- ErroresWhen the policeman calls at Mrs. Wilberforce's house, he introduces himself as "Sergeant McDonald". At the end of the film, the Inspector refers to the same character as "Sergeant Harris". In the credits he is simply listed as "Sergeant".
- Citas
Professor Marcus: You're most kind, and if I may say so, you have a very curious and charming house. Such, um, pretty windows.
Louisa Wilberforce: Oh, thank you,
Louisa Wilberforce: [pointing to a window] And I rather favour positions...
Professor Marcus: [interrupting] I always think the windows are the eyes of a house, and didn't someone say the eyes are the windows of the soul?
Louisa Wilberforce: I don't really know. Oh, it's such a charming thought, I do hope someone expressed it!
- Créditos curiososDuring the opening credits, roses are shown, to highlight the fact that William Rose wrote the screenplay.
- Bandas sonorasMinuet in E major
(uncredited)
Written by Luigi Boccherini, arranged for string ensemble
[playing on the phonograph whenever the robbers are pretending to be practicing]
Their strategic planning takes place in the upstairs of a Victorian home owned by Mrs. Wilberforce (Katie Johnson), a somewhat eccentric older woman who is under the impression that Professor Marcus and his "friends" are part of a music orchestra and unite daily to rehearse. This leads to a film comprised of misconceptions, confusion, and bumbling antics, as the Professor has to spend more of his time keeping Mrs. Wilberforce off their backs than devoting it to planning the robbery.
The film shares resemblance to Danny DeVito's "Duplex" in the scenes where Mrs. Wilberforce continuously interrupts the criminals' scheming, asking them to run errands for her. They reluctantly put up with her constant irritating questions and demands, since she is unknowingly a vital ingredient of their plan. They must use Mrs. Wilberforce in their robbery, and after a while she realizes this, then demands that they return the money, which leads them to the conclusion that they must kill the old woman or else risk losing their entire fortune. However, their constant mistakes and arguments only postpone the inevitable, and it soon seems that the group of tough guys aren't so tough after all. "I can't! I can't!" screams one of the criminals when he pulls the shortest toothpick and is handed the task of "whacking" the poor sweet lady.
All actors are at their peeks here -- Guinness as the Professor is superb, but Sellers in his screen debut is especially noteworthy. The script by William Rose relies on macabre humor rather than constant slapstick. Admittedly, I expected the former when I sat down to see the film, although I came away rather surprised at its sophistication.
The Coen Brothers remade the film in 2004, although the remake failed to capture the essence of this dark comedy. Made before political correctness (in the Coens' version there is the token black character of course), this is a delightfully irreverent black comedy. To be fair, most of the jokes don't hold up as well nowadays. It does not deliver a constant barrage of jokes, but rather a steady mix of black humor and plot -- a very good plot, too. One that keeps our interest and quite often manages to make us smile. "The Ladykillers" is a rare treat, better than the remake, a classic of the genre, and something that will be remembered years from now. It's a real gem of a movie, hard to devote long paragraphs to, much easier to devote 100 minutes of your life to.
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- 26 jun 2004
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Detalles
- Fecha de lanzamiento
- País de origen
- Sitio oficial
- Idioma
- También se conoce como
- Ladykillers
- Locaciones de filmación
- Argyle Street, St. Pancras, Londres, Inglaterra, Reino Unido(view down street from Mrs. Wilberforce's house)
- Productoras
- Ver más créditos de la compañía en IMDbPro
Taquilla
- Total en EE. UU. y Canadá
- USD 23,213
- Fin de semana de estreno en EE. UU. y Canadá
- USD 5,038
- 6 jun 2021
- Total a nivel mundial
- USD 50,276
- Tiempo de ejecución1 hora 31 minutos
- Color
- Relación de aspecto
- 1.37 : 1(original & intended ratio/open matte, theatrical release, director specification)