
The Ladykillers
1955


“Charming to meet, but expensive to know!”
32 votes
A family of confidence tricksters sets their sights on a very rich, very lonely old lady named Miss Fortune.
Director
Richard WallaceWriters
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
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The suitably grandly named Carleton family spend much of their time fleecing wealthy people on the Côte D'Azur. When one of their scams backfires, they are politely asked to quit the country. As they board the train, serendipity gives them one last chance as they encounter the elderly, and fabulously wealthy "Miss Fortune" (Minnie Dupree). There seems to have been a spate of films made in the late 1930s involving derailed trains, and here is another one: this time they rescue the old lady and she invites them to take up lodgings with her. Janet Gaynor ("George-Anne") and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.…
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