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It holds a uncommon 100 per cent optimistic evaluations on Rotten Tomatoes and was voted the thirteenth biggest British movie of all time in a BFI ballot of main trade figures.

Almost 70 years since its launch and the Oscar-nominated, BAFTA-winning black comedy The Ladykillers nonetheless lives as much as its repute.

Starring the likes of Sir Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom and Peter Sellers, the Ealing Studios crime movie noticed a lonely widow lease out rooms to a gang of criminals.

However, it’s not lengthy earlier than the outdated girl realised that they had stolen cash in a heist.

As a consequence, the crooks reluctantly plan to kill her just for every thing to go badly improper for them.

The Ladykillers was remade by the Coen Brothers 20 years in the past starring Tom Hanks, however by no means managed to achieve the genius heights of the unique written by William Rose.

The 1955 The Ladykillers is accessible to stream on two platforms, Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV+. On each companies, the basic movie is accessible to in 4K to lease for £3.49 or purchase for £6.99.

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