Directed by:
Alexander MackendrickScreenplay:
William RoseCinematography:
Otto HellerComposer:
Tristram CaryCast:
Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Frankie Howerd, Danny Green, Kenneth Connor, Stratford Johns, Katie Johnson, Jack Warner (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
A gang of thieves rent a room upstairs from an old woman, who thinks they're a musical band. Somehow, the woman inadvertently gets mixed up in their scheme without knowing it and then the gang must debate on whether to kill her or not, especially when they all like the poor old dame. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Alec Guinness](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/234/164234597_fa4283.jpg)
Alec Guinness
UK
Best movies:
![Cecil Parker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576488_c985bd.jpg)
Cecil Parker
Best movies:
Father Brown (1954)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
The Citadel (1938)
![Herbert Lom](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271168_68454e.jpg)
Herbert Lom
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Treasure of Silver Lake (1962)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Spartacus (1960)
![Peter Sellers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267804_37afe6.jpg)
Peter Sellers
UK
Best movies:
![Frankie Howerd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576482_bdfb85.jpg)
Frankie Howerd
UK
Best movies:
The Ladykillers (1955)
The Mouse on the Moon (1963)
The House in Nightmare Park (1973)
![Danny Green](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/859/160859202_7491da.jpg)
Danny Green
UK
Best movies:
The Great Manhunt (1950)
A Stitch in Time (1963)
A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
![Kenneth Connor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271447_22bf60.jpg)
Kenneth Connor
UK
Best movies:
The Ladykillers (1955)
The Magic Christian (1969)
Carry On Cleo (1964)
![Stratford Johns](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/776/157776636_7f1d25.jpg)
Stratford Johns
South Africa
Best movies:
The One That Got Away (1957)
Cromwell (1970)
A Night to Remember (1958)
![Katie Johnson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/739/159739574_facc6c.jpg)
Katie Johnson
UK
Best movies:
Gaslight (1940)
The Ladykillers (1955)
![Jack Warner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/819/159819165_083634.jpg)
Jack Warner
UK
Best movies:
A Christmas Carol (1951)
The Ladykillers (1955)
Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
![Peter Williams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/023/161023284_643679.jpg)
Peter Williams
USA
Best movies:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Richard III (1955)
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
![Lucy Griffiths](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/399/161399305_18375f.jpg)
Lucy Griffiths
UK
Best movies:
Murder She Said (1961)
Murder Ahoy (1964)
Follow Me! (1972)
![Aileen Lewis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/375/161375901_b39009.jpg)
Aileen Lewis
UK
Best movies:
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
From Russia with Love (1963)
![Fred Griffiths](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/384/161384925_45d6af.jpg)
Fred Griffiths
UK
Best movies:
To Sir, with Love (1967)
The Early Bird (1965)
Murder at the Gallop (1963)
![George Hilsdon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/442/161442852_45443f.jpg)
George Hilsdon
UK
Best movies:
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
The One That Got Away (1957)
Press for Time (1966)
![Neil Wilson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/443/161443246_67efe3.jpg)
Neil Wilson
UK
Best movies:
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
The Early Bird (1965)
![George Roderick](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/476/161476281_685eeb.jpg)
George Roderick
UK
Best movies:
A Stitch in Time (1963)
Press for Time (1966)
A Night to Remember (1958)
![Jack Melford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/483/161483868_e4fff3.jpg)
Jack Melford
UK
Best movies:
A Shot in the Dark (1964)
The Ladykillers (1955)
They Met in the Dark (1943)
![Sam Kydd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/528/161528723_096172.jpg)
Sam Kydd
UK
Best movies:
A Town Like Alice (1956)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
Reach for the Sky (1956)
Philip Stainton
UK
Best movies:
Moby Dick (1956)
Reach for the Sky (1956)
Hobson's Choice (1954)