Alexander Mackendrick
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Alexander Mackendrick was an American-born Scottish film director and screenwriter. He directed nine feature films between 1949 and 1967, before retiring from filmmaking to become an influential profe
Alexander Mackendrick
The Ladykillers (1955 film)
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The Ladykillers is a 1955 British black comedy crime film directed by Alexander Mackendrick for Ealing Studios. It stars Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Jack Warn
Alexander Mackendrick
…films include Whisky Galore! (1949), The Man in the White Suit (1951) - which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay, The Maggie (1954), and The Ladykillers (1955). In 1957, Mackendrick directed his first American film Sweet Smell of Success, which was a critical success, but a commercial failure . His…
Original film poster by Reginald Mount
Parker, Lom, Guinness, and Green, with Katie Johnson
The Ladykillers playing at the Gielgud Theatre in the West End, December 2011.