Nov 8th   
The Ladykillers**    
(GB 1955)               
Rank/Ealing. 97m.

Sinister crooks use an old lady's boarding house as a cover for their robbery at Kings Cross, but she proves to be their undoing.
Ealing caricatures their own funnier and more entertaining Lavender Hill Mob with this seedy-looking black comedy caper, with the actors overplaying (except ironically the young Peter Sellers). The plot doesn't have far to go, but considered a cult classic by Ealing comedy enthusiasts.

Written by: William Rose.
Producer: Michael Balcon.
Director: Alexander Mackendrick.
Starring: Alec Guinness, Katie Johnson, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Jack Warner, Frankie Howerd, Kenneth Connor, Philip Stainton.
Photography: Otto Heller.
Music: Tristram Cary.

Preceded by:
Tom and Jerry in
Fraidy Cat**
(US 1942. 8m.; d: William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, Rudolf Ising; p: Fred Quimby.)