Extended Reading
  • Meredith 2022-05-10 22:23:31

    Ealing black comedy classic. highly recommended!

    The appearance of the protagonist of the film, the landlady, is quite metaphorical. At the gate of the police station, she stopped to tease the baby in the stroller. As a result, the child suddenly burst into tears. This really startled her, and it also caused the mothers to look coldly. The...

  • Rosario 2022-05-10 13:07:45

    [Film Review] The Ladykillers (1955)

    Technically, how difficult can it be for 5 hardened criminals (posed as a string quintet with the whole combo of its instruments) to liquidate a petite old lady like Mrs. Wiberforce (Johnson), who lives alone in her lopsided manse in the vicinity of London's Kings Cross railway station, a perfect...

The Ladykillers quotes

  • The Barrow Boy: You mean you know her? And you let her run around loose?

  • Professor Marcus: It was a great plan, except for the Human Element. So many plans fail to take into account the Human Element. Mrs. Wilberforce will always be with us. A whole army couldn't take her out. There were only 5 of us. Even with 50, 60, or even a Whole Orchestra...