A true timeless classic. Katie Johnson as Mrs Wilberforce was just lovely. The film takes you into London in a bygone era. Watched it yesterday with my sister and her husband. Laughed all the way through. They don't make em like that any more. 😂
It's detail like that which made Guinness such a fine actor imo. His long scarf and the way he hunched over pedalling away at Mrs Wilberforces Pianola. The mad telephone box scene was also memorable! I've seen the movie many many times but never tire of watching it.
I saw the original in a theater in the 1950's and the American version when it came out. I think the US version was doomed from the very beginning when Tom Hanks first appeared dressed like a thinner Colonel Sanders. From the very first you knew it was going to be a comedy and it was, but not very funny. The British played it more like a serious mystery, which it was for the most part.
@@domerbuz3813 Agreed, sometimes when they do re-makes of old movie's the just get it wrong. Anywho, if you want a bank job to be done Mrs Wilberforce is the one to do it.
I wonder how long it would have taken for the police to discover that Mrs Wilberforce was loaded. And the bodies in the trains would have been a nice puzzle for the police.
My dear Dad worked in cinemas as a little lad, (he would have been in his 90's now, bless him) and he loved to share films like this with us. How I loved to watch them with him (we would even look out for the little dots and shout change reel lol ) :-D This film was always in his top 3. Thank you so much for turning it into 4K and bringing a little extra sparkle to it, he would have so loved this. :-D x
The Ladykillers is one of those very rare, inspired movies that is timeless. Brilliant in every respect. Plot. Acting. Location. They don't make movies like this any more.
Quite a few years ago A guy o know says that he met Alec Guinness and had a conversation with him about this film and a couple other of his older films. He said Alec would much rather talk about these kind of role over his Star Wars role.
Younger viewers will remember him for playing Obi-Wan in the original Star Wars trilogy, but they would be surprised to find out that he didn't think much of the film or sci-fi in general, calling it a bunch of "fairy tale rubbish."
Only took the part because he was doing the King and I on stage at the time and wanted a break saying the same things night after night, even though it was a villain he was playing, which he was trying to break away from stereotype at the time, but this part was very different and enjoyable for him.
The British perfection! An instant classic my folks were often telling me about in the 1960s, and I finally saw it myself for the first time, at age 16, in 1972, at the Brussels Cinémathèque.
Hard to think of another film where the casting and characterisation are this perfect. Just looking at the Major, you can tell he's not above fleecing his nieces and nephews for their pocket money, or that One-Round's probably spent the last few years working in protection rackets. And as for Guinness... God, he scared me as a child! He's what Death would look like if he caught the 8.15 from Paddington every morning.
I still can't tell with the Major - in that scene where she talked about how the music brought her back to her birthday party and how it ended when someone came in to announce that Queen Victoria had died. The way the Major looked respectfully at the floor in the moment, can't tell if he was committing to the role he played or if he was being genuinely respectful in spite of being a crook.
@@agenttheater5 He comes across as quite a romantic soul, doesn't he? It's like the scene where 'Professor' Marcus tries to convince Mrs Wilberforce the robbery was carried out for compassionate reasons, and asks the Major to tell her about his elderly mother. He's hesitant at first, thinking on his feet, but when he gets going it's as though he genuinely believes this ridiculous yarn that he's spinning and feels it very deeply. I think he probably is touched by Mrs Wilberforce's story about her birthday, but he's also the sort of person who can reconcile blatant self-interest with sentimentality. Must say, he's probably my favourite character in the film - which is a tough choice given how wonderful the competition is!
. We certainly don't mention the American version in our house. You just can't compare it with the original British classic. An outstanding film. Hilarious with great acting from everyone.
@@MrDaiseymay no matter what there era there's probably some criminals who'd shrink back at the memory of being told off by a) their mother, b) their teacher c) their strict aunty or grandmother.
I can’t wait to see this! I love the remake by Coen Bros and a big fan of Sellars, Guinness and Lom, and these scenes are good. I guess I’m the only one that likes the remake. I had no idea that Lom and Sellars worked together before the Pink Panther movies.
Does anyone over 60 remember these streets in Kings Cross/St Pancreas? I can remember it like yesterday in late 60's & 70's before developed. Also on a point of order. Tom Hanks denied he had ever watched this original before he made his remake. One of the most dis-ingenious remarks he ever has made!
“Now sir Hatt, before we begin I’d like to know the money is?” “What money?” “The money you’ve showed us” “I never said you would get it” “What?” “You’re Not getting a penny” “YOU LIED TO ME! YOU UNDERSTAND NOTHING!” 😂
Superb film , no big epic explosions , gunfights or yawn inducing CGI . Just a great plotline with good twists and refined acting from the Ealing stable.
An old time classic! And after I saw the remake I enjoy this even more. And I wonder how wrong they could be in the remake. I sincerely can’t believe this difference between English and American humor! This can’t be made better apparently. So this is humor at its best! Do anyone know that the crazy character Cramer is the man with the horse.
I agree the American “remake” was poor and disappointing. You could say it was cheap and nasty there were a couple of decent jokes (the poster on the wall in the police station) for instance. But other than that there was something a bit unpleasant about it.
@@fredrickaappletree3402 I haven't seen an American remake of this, thank goodness! Americans, with respect, don't have the same sense as humour as we British and can NEVER be replicated. I find it very sad that even a 57 year old film can't be made available on You Tube, probably down to an agreement with Ealing Studios for copyright. The old Ealing Comedies were really funny. Kind Hearts & Coronets, Passport to Pimlico and the others - no bad language, no violence, just good clean comedy. Something which is sadly lacking in modern films.
@@amethyst9998 I love the American version. It is one of my favorite movies. There are additions, certainly. The gangsta stuff. It's a retelling in a different time in a different population. You might be pleased to see how true some scenes are to the British original. Watch the American straw picking scene after watching the matchsticks. The Cohen bros and the actors made a love letter to the Ealings with it.
@@amethyst9998 There are still 85+ year old movies that have a copyright, so I'm really not too surprised. Sure, those and also this movie should eventually go to public domain, but we're not there yet.
@@bluetrailerproductions7488 Yep..Another great comedy, also starring Peter Sellers, is I´m all right Jack. Or Two way stretch. Both brilliant classic comedies, in fact 👌😂
Professor Marcus is probably Alec Guinness finest work. The Ladykillers is one of my all time favourite film Mrs Wilberforce and her lopsided house is peak fiction. I'm surprised they managed to make the film considering Herbert Lom and Peter Sellers were notorious for cracking up during filming lol. Great film all-around casted by some of Britain's finest actors I recommend it to anyone yet to see it.
One of the "Greatest films" ever made! Absolutely brilliant! That they could produce such a "Classy" film in the modern age! Sadly - I have to say - "Slim" chance!
Sube la película completa por favor . Hace muchos años la he visto junto a mi madre que reía encantada con esta genialidad de film . Quisiera volver a verla .
@@TomEyeTheSFMguy I respect your opinion and of course opinions are never right or wrong The only thing I will say it remakes are really shows a lack originality and the Americans are so good at that plus makinq sequals which never really work One big thing spoils the Lady killer remake, they took a very innocent comical plot and thought let's use bad language to flog it to people
@@TomEyeTheSFMguy and really that is really the only thing what matters because we should never ever feel we should convince someone our opinion is right. We all have opinions and they are subjective
The second last time I saw this my dad commented that his grandmother wore a hat like one of the old ladies. The last time we saw it was with my grandmother and his mother, dad made the same comment about the hat, grandma wasn't sure.
12:10-13:47 A result of both a line from the Crown season 1 about how a dressing down from Nanny is the only thing that upper-class Englishmen respect and of some P.G. Wodehouse's stories gets me thinking that the crooks all look like they're being told off by their governess or headmistress as if - (as I'm pretty sure P.G. Wodehouse put it) "as if she had caught them sucking acid drops during a scripture lesson". To any doubters, acid drops are sweets/lollies/candy, not drugs.
Alistair Sim was the original choice for Professor Marcus, and I think he would have been great but Alec Guinness was superb here as the oily, well spoken Prof.
The condensed film is good, the robbery was top's, all these diversionary tactics, there is a play on this same subject, but it doesn't stand up to the film.!
This is an Alec Guinness classic. And one of my all time favourite movies. The remake with Tom Hanks fell well short of the original, not taking anything away from T. H.s performance.
I absolutely love this film. It's a gem. Never get tired of watching it
A true timeless classic. Katie Johnson as Mrs Wilberforce was just lovely. The film takes you into London in a bygone era.
Watched it yesterday with my sister and her husband. Laughed all the way through. They don't make em like that any more. 😂
An absolute gem. The scene with Alec Guinness trying to straighten the picture on the wall... then wincing as it goes crooked again. Priceless.
It's detail like that which made Guinness such a fine actor imo. His long scarf and the way he hunched over pedalling away at Mrs Wilberforces Pianola. The mad telephone box scene was also memorable! I've seen the movie many many times but never tire of watching it.
@@Bulletguy07 Or arching his back so he looks like a vulture! It's a truly astonishing performance.
One of the best movies I have ever seen in 50 years.
THE CAST ALONE, GUARANTEED SUCCESS. SAD TO SAY, THEY HAVE ALL GONE. I WONDER IF THAT HOUSE HAS SURVIVED ?
.....''THE BEST'' !!!! 🤔
And the dear old Mrs Wilberforce kept all the money. Astonishing performances by all the cast. Thanks for the video.
I saw the original in a theater in the 1950's and the American version when it came out. I think the US version was doomed from the very beginning when Tom Hanks first appeared dressed like a thinner Colonel Sanders. From the very first you knew it was going to be a comedy and it was, but not very funny. The British played it more like a serious mystery, which it was for the most part.
@@domerbuz3813 Agreed, sometimes when they do re-makes of old movie's the just get it wrong. Anywho, if you want a bank job to be done Mrs Wilberforce is the one to do it.
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I wonder how long it would have taken for the police to discover that Mrs Wilberforce was loaded. And the bodies in the trains would have been a nice puzzle for the police.
And easy in her conscience! Guinness told her that lie about insurance, and in her innocence, she believed it.
Her character is unspotted. Great! :)
This old woman brilliantly holds her own against these heavy wright comics... This movie would not have made it without her....
Lost count of how many times I have watched this fantastic film
My dear Dad worked in cinemas as a little lad, (he would have been in his 90's now, bless him) and he loved to share films like this with us. How I loved to watch them with him (we would even look out for the little dots and shout change reel lol ) :-D This film was always in his top 3. Thank you so much for turning it into 4K and bringing a little extra sparkle to it, he would have so loved this. :-D x
The Ladykillers is one of those very rare, inspired movies that is timeless. Brilliant in every respect. Plot. Acting. Location. They don't make movies like this any more.
you are right !!! SHAME.....
Quite a few years ago A guy o know says that he met Alec Guinness and had a conversation with him about this film and a couple other of his older films. He said Alec would much rather talk about these kind of role over his Star Wars role.
Younger viewers will remember him for playing Obi-Wan in the original Star Wars trilogy, but they would be surprised to find out that he didn't think much of the film or sci-fi in general, calling it a bunch of "fairy tale rubbish."
that's why I try to tell everyone about these movies
How Herbert Lom enters the house! :))) That man was a genius actor.
His soho spiv is one of the best things in the film.
Only took the part because he was doing the King and I on stage at the time and wanted a break saying the same things night after night, even though it was a villain he was playing, which he was trying to break away from stereotype at the time, but this part was very different and enjoyable for him.
The British perfection!
An instant classic my folks were often telling me about in the 1960s, and I finally saw it myself for the first time, at age 16, in 1972, at the Brussels Cinémathèque.
Hard to think of another film where the casting and characterisation are this perfect. Just looking at the Major, you can tell he's not above fleecing his nieces and nephews for their pocket money, or that One-Round's probably spent the last few years working in protection rackets. And as for Guinness... God, he scared me as a child! He's what Death would look like if he caught the 8.15 from Paddington every morning.
That sounds like an actual story: Death Rides the 8.15
@@jerribee1 "Now on Radio 4..."
I still can't tell with the Major - in that scene where she talked about how the music brought her back to her birthday party and how it ended when someone came in to announce that Queen Victoria had died. The way the Major looked respectfully at the floor in the moment, can't tell if he was committing to the role he played or if he was being genuinely respectful in spite of being a crook.
@@agenttheater5 He comes across as quite a romantic soul, doesn't he? It's like the scene where 'Professor' Marcus tries to convince Mrs Wilberforce the robbery was carried out for compassionate reasons, and asks the Major to tell her about his elderly mother. He's hesitant at first, thinking on his feet, but when he gets going it's as though he genuinely believes this ridiculous yarn that he's spinning and feels it very deeply. I think he probably is touched by Mrs Wilberforce's story about her birthday, but he's also the sort of person who can reconcile blatant self-interest with sentimentality. Must say, he's probably my favourite character in the film - which is a tough choice given how wonderful the competition is!
@@agenttheater5 And One Round says "Ere, wot old queen?".
Great British movie... and without all the flash & big budgets Hollywood has got.
They made a masterpiece 👌
WASN'T THERE A US REMAKE ?
@@MrDaiseymay Shh! We don't like to talk about that...
. We certainly don't mention the American version in our house. You just can't compare it with the original British classic. An outstanding film. Hilarious with great acting from everyone.
Mrs. Wilberforce simply telling them off after the robbery and them shrinking like naughty schoolboys!
I KNOW IT'S A COMEDY, BUT. ONLY THE CROOKS OF THAT ERA, WOULD HOLD HER IN SUCH REVERENCE
@@MrDaiseymay no matter what there era there's probably some criminals who'd shrink back at the memory of being told off by a) their mother, b) their teacher c) their strict aunty or grandmother.
Alec Guinness playing Alistair Simms, priceless
Classic on so many levels
Thank you for the scenes. Such a nice, hilarious film. I miss the scene with the horse. Great cast!
Yes. The scene with the horse is a classic. "Where's my awse? He's a brarn awse and 'e answers to the name of Dennis."
I can’t wait to see this! I love the remake by Coen Bros and a big fan of Sellars, Guinness and Lom, and these scenes are good. I guess I’m the only one that likes the remake. I had no idea that Lom and Sellars worked together before the Pink Panther movies.
I had never thought about their later pink panther roles: well pointed out!
Does anyone over 60 remember these streets in Kings Cross/St Pancreas? I can remember it like yesterday in late 60's & 70's before developed. Also on a point of order. Tom Hanks denied he had ever watched this original before he made his remake. One of the most dis-ingenious remarks he ever has made!
This is one of my favourites.
Pure genius
I can't listen to Boccherini's String Quintet Minuet without thinking, "Boing!".
...i always do !!!
I got a copy, just to fill the house with this music.
And every now and then, some one will say “Is that…?”
"The best scenes"?
Wouldn't that be all of them?
Why can't I watch this without thinking about Hourofpoop's masterpiece?
Wow, didn't know about that, brilliant!
@@faustusTVR Yeah!!
“Now sir Hatt, before we begin I’d like to know the money is?”
“What money?”
“The money you’ve showed us”
“I never said you would get it”
“What?”
“You’re Not getting a penny”
“YOU LIED TO ME! YOU UNDERSTAND NOTHING!”
😂
@@privateerbouncher9622 Yep, just like that XDDDD
Mrs Wilberforce?
Yes
I understand you use the Force!?
Superb film , no big epic explosions , gunfights or yawn inducing CGI . Just a great plotline with good twists and refined acting from the Ealing stable.
Love this film ♥️
Wonderful film 🌷❤️🌸🌹
Impossible to imagine Guiness was only 41 here. and soooo creepy. absolutely off his nut.
wow it's been awhile since i have seen so many people wearing lavender
- Mrs Wilberforce?
- Yes?
- I understand...you use the _force?_
**draws out lightsabre**
YYESSS😂
“Thought you had it in the back eh boys?” *The Fat Controller laughed* “You were wrong”
Such pretty windows
An old time classic! And after I saw the remake I enjoy this even more. And I wonder how wrong they could be in the remake. I sincerely can’t believe this difference between English and American humor! This can’t be made better apparently. So this is humor at its best! Do anyone know that the crazy character Cramer is the man with the horse.
I agree the American “remake” was poor and disappointing.
You could say it was cheap and nasty there were a couple of decent jokes (the poster on the wall in the police station) for instance.
But other than that there was something a bit unpleasant about it.
@@fredrickaappletree3402 I haven't seen an American remake of this, thank goodness! Americans, with respect, don't have the same sense as humour as we British and can NEVER be replicated. I find it very sad that even a 57 year old film can't be made available on You Tube, probably down to an agreement with Ealing Studios for copyright. The old Ealing Comedies were really funny. Kind Hearts & Coronets, Passport to Pimlico and the others - no bad language, no violence, just good clean comedy. Something which is sadly lacking in modern films.
@@amethyst9998 I love the American version. It is one of my favorite movies. There are additions, certainly. The gangsta stuff. It's a retelling in a different time in a different population. You might be pleased to see how true some scenes are to the British original. Watch the American straw picking scene after watching the matchsticks. The Cohen bros and the actors made a love letter to the Ealings with it.
@@amethyst9998 There are still 85+ year old movies that have a copyright, so I'm really not too surprised. Sure, those and also this movie should eventually go to public domain, but we're not there yet.
@@amethyst9998 -- With respect, the original film -- The Lady Killers (1955) -- was written by William Rose, who was born and raised in America.
I think the clever people at Studio Canal need to check the spelling of "quintet"...
But, my goodness, my love of this film knows no bounds.
This movie and Dr. Strangelove are my favorite comedies. Noone above and noone beside 👌👍
Both starring Peter Sellers
@@bluetrailerproductions7488 Yep..Another great comedy, also starring Peter Sellers, is I´m all right Jack. Or Two way stretch. Both brilliant classic comedies, in fact 👌😂
I love this movie. I wish there was any video of the full movie
Just buy it...
I will do it soon
@@dadplmdwnf9885 👍
copyrights, m8, this is a classic
Rambo
Professor Marcus is probably Alec Guinness finest work.
The Ladykillers is one of my all time favourite film Mrs Wilberforce and her lopsided house is peak fiction.
I'm surprised they managed to make the film considering Herbert Lom and Peter Sellers were notorious for cracking up during filming lol.
Great film all-around casted by some of Britain's finest actors I recommend it to anyone yet to see it.
You couldn’t even tell here. Herbert Lom’s character is so ominous and sinister you’d assume the man playing him didn’t have a hint humor
i have to see complete film now... too good
I just realized Herbert Lom (Chief inspector Dreyfus) was also in this one.
he's kind of handsome in this lol
"...all out for sixty thousand" is so funny
Props to HourofPoop for introducing me to this classic
Fab film
wonderful... it's funny how in the plot, the driver does not suspect anything when someone blocks the truck ?
One of the "Greatest films" ever made! Absolutely brilliant! That they could produce such a "Classy" film in the modern age! Sadly - I have to say - "Slim" chance!
I'm playing One Round in the our Amateur Theatre Production of the Lady Killers in November. I really hope I do Danny Green justice.
How did you get on?
Me and this film are both 69 one of my favourite films ever
Just marvellous
Sube la película completa por favor . Hace muchos años la he visto junto a mi madre que reía encantada con esta genialidad de film .
Quisiera volver a verla .
My favourite film along with The Titfield Thunderbolt.
A flm that was so innocent.
The American so called remake wasn't fit for purpose.
Yeah, I don't see the appeal of the old film over the remake.
@@TomEyeTheSFMguy
I respect your opinion and of course opinions are never right or wrong
The only thing I will say it remakes are really shows a lack originality and the Americans are so good at that plus makinq sequals which never really work
One big thing spoils the Lady killer remake, they took a very innocent comical plot and thought let's use bad language to flog it to people
@@Steven_Rowe honestly, only very few people use bad language in this film. And the bad language isn't even a big part of the film.
@@Steven_Rowe and, honestly, I feel like character is handled better in the American remake. Character Orchestration, to be specific.
@@TomEyeTheSFMguy and really that is really the only thing what matters because we should never ever feel we should convince someone our opinion is right.
We all have opinions and they are subjective
“Professor Marcus, I have an important job for you”
Whees the scene with frankie howerd and the horse
That classic scene is also on RUclips.
4:23 English plumbing in general or just post WW2 English plumbing - been a while since I visited England.
The second last time I saw this my dad commented that his grandmother wore a hat like one of the old ladies. The last time we saw it was with my grandmother and his mother, dad made the same comment about the hat, grandma wasn't sure.
Hour of poop brought me here with train killers!
1:30
1:43
2:02
2:55
So there you have it, if you want to have a successful bank job get Mrs Wilberforce to do it for you.
but the best scene is at the end when she tries to return the money
Why is it the fight on the stairs is not included? Where she scolds them?
Donde puedo ver la peli completa????
@13:12 the old ladies LOVED having younger men present
Where's the scene with frankie howerd man's the horse in the street
Yous the force to get the money
12:10-13:47 A result of both a line from the Crown season 1 about how a dressing down from Nanny is the only thing that upper-class Englishmen respect and of some P.G. Wodehouse's stories gets me thinking that the crooks all look like they're being told off by their governess or headmistress as if - (as I'm pretty sure P.G. Wodehouse put it) "as if she had caught them sucking acid drops during a scripture lesson".
To any doubters, acid drops are sweets/lollies/candy, not drugs.
Who’s here from the trainkillers?
Obi-Wan the goat 🐐
I just noticed something I have never noticed before
I think the taxi driver at Kings Cross is one round ie Mr Lawson
1:34 _"I understand you use the force?"
- No..
_What?
I am French and just watched this movie on the TV. Omg it's brilliant!!! Loved it... I hate Louis, he is so mean booooh!
Where is the Charles Laughton moon?
Alistair Sim was the original choice for Professor Marcus, and I think he would have been great but Alec Guinness was superb here as the oily, well spoken Prof.
The old dear was Katy Johnson.
Alec Guinness was fantastic in this movie. I really don’t know how George Lucas got him todo Star Wars
Was this the last ealing comedy.
No, there were some others, but this was the last of the great ones.
@@michaelcorkery3853 cheers
マダムの吹き替えは麻生美代子さんで間違いないですか？なにか違う気がするんですが…
The condensed film is good, the robbery was top's, all these diversionary tactics, there is a play on this same subject, but it doesn't stand up to the film.!
they are not permitted to upload whole film, copyright... i am going to pay for this, dying to see all
マダムの吹き替えわかる方ご教示お願いいたします。m(_ _)m
Watch Alec Guinness smoke
Audibly, this is fucking grating
sounds normal to me.. maybe it's your device
There’s nothing wrong with the audio!! Ye no-good lil coswollop
Damn i hate old films the remake with the cohen brothers is better
This is an Alec Guinness classic. And one of my all time favourite movies. The remake with Tom Hanks fell well short of the original, not taking anything away from T. H.s performance.
Damn i hate old films the remake with the cohen brothers is better
Hmm.
Then don't watch them then.