Tuesday Nights at the Movies | The Ladykillers (1955 / 91 min)

A classic Ealing dark comedy. Alec Guinness gives one of his most memorable performances as the eccentric leader of a gang posing as musicians, renting rooms from a kindly landlady played by Katie Johnson. When their perfect crime unravels, the results are both sinister and hilarious. William Rose wrote the screenplay which won the BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay.