Comedy · Crime
The Ladykillers
The greatest criminal minds of all time have finally met their match.
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.
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Top Cast
Tom Hanks
Professor G.H. Dorr
Irma P. Hall
Marva Munson
Marlon Wayans
Gawain MacSam
J.K. Simmons
Garth Pancake
Tzi Ma
The General
Ryan Hurst
Lump Hudson
Diane Delano
Mountain Girl
George Wallace
Sherriff Wyner
Directed by
Ethan Coen
Production
Touchstone Pictures
Mike Zoss ProductionsReviews
CinemaSerf
5/109/4/2023
There are some films that ought never to be remade, and many of the charming "Ealing Comedies" are amongst them. This one - originally from 1955 - was maybe not my favourite of these classic stories, but it still in no way deserved this imbecilic remake from the Coen brothers. Tom Hanks ("Prof. Dorr") is a typical Southern gentleman who inveigles his way into the home of elderly Christian lady "Marva Munson" (Irma P. Hall) and under the guise of practising their musical numbers, he and his gang set about committing a daring robbery of a casino located next door. What really wrecks this for me in the constant use of expletives. The original story is simple, slapstick even, with subtly paced humour that allows the story to develop in a gently menacing fashion. This is just a charm-free, in-y
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