• Director(s)

    Alexander Mackendrick

  • Production Year

    1955

  • Release date

    24/08/2020

  • Genre(s)

    Crime, Comedy

  • Approx. running minutes

    87m

  • Cast

    Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, Katie Johnson, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Danny Green

Film

The Ladykillers

mild threat, violence

THE LADY KILLERS is a UK comedy, from 1955, in which a criminal gang's plans for a big robbery are thrown into chaos by a sweet elderly lady.…

THE LADY KILLERS is a UK comedy, from 1955, in which a criminal gang's plans for a big robbery are thrown into chaos by a sweet elderly lady.

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violence
Characters are killed falling off a roof, being hit by a plank of wood and being shot. The deaths take place off-screen, but one scene features a fight between two men above a railway line in which there is gunplay and a cruel determination on both their parts to kill each other. Dead bodies are disposed of by being thrown over a railway bridge in undetailed manner. A cosh is used during a robbery.
threat and horror
The robbers comes up with ways to kill the elderly woman, including strangling her and making her death look like a suicide by hanging. One of the robbers brandishes a flick knife.
additional issues
There is infrequent very mild bad language ('moron'). There is an outdated reference to a mental health facility as a "booby hatch". There are scenes of smoking which reflect the historical period in which the film was made.

  • Director(s)

    Alexander Mackendrick

  • Production Year

    1955

  • Release date

    24/08/2020

  • Genre(s)

    Crime, Comedy

  • Approx. running minutes

    87m

  • Cast

    Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, Katie Johnson, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Danny Green

mild threat, violence
Classified Date:
25/08/2020
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Studio Canal
violence
Characters are killed falling off a roof, being hit by a plank of wood and being shot. The deaths take place off-screen, but one scene features a fight between two men above a railway line in which there is gunplay and a cruel determination on both their parts to kill each other. Dead bodies are disposed of by being thrown over a railway bridge in undetailed manner. A cosh is used during a robbery.
threat and horror
The robbers comes up with ways to kill the elderly woman, including strangling her and making her death look like a suicide by hanging. One of the robbers brandishes a flick knife.
additional issues
There is infrequent very mild bad language ('moron'). There is an outdated reference to a mental health facility as a "booby hatch". There are scenes of smoking which reflect the historical period in which the film was made.
Classified Date:
16/10/1955
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
J.A.R.F.D. Ltd
Classified Date:
29/09/2006
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Optimum Releasing
Paperwork Remarks:
Feature and DVD additional material
mild threat
Classified Date:
17/03/2006
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
TPC / The Portman Consultancy
threat and horror
There are scenes of mild gun threat, and a scene in which a character draws a knife.
additional issues
There are scenes of comic violence, including scenes in which characters are punched.
Classified Date:
09/01/1989
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
15/07/2002
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
22/01/2010
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Optimum Releasing
Paperwork Remarks:
Additional material Audio commentary

  • Classified date

    25/08/2020

  • BBFC reference

    BFF022929

  • Language

    English