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The Ladykillers ()


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An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a classical ensemble in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting but sharp old landlady.

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Professor G.H. Dorr
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Marva Munson
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Gawain MacSam
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Garth Pancake
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The General
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Lump Hudson
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Mountain Girl
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Sheriff Wyner
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Deputy Sheriff
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Weemack Funthes
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Fernand Gudge
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Rosalie Funthes
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Elron (as Walter Jordan)
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Preacher
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TV Commercial Director
Hallie Singleton ...
Craft Service
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Quarterback
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Football Coach
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Doughnut Gangster
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Doughnut Gangster
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Doughnut Woman
Paula Martin ...
Gawain's Mama
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Li'l Gawain
Te Te Benn ...
Gawain's Sister
Khalil East ...
Gawain's Brother
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Waffle Hut Waitress
Nita Norris ...
Tea Lady
Vivian Smallwood ...
Tea Lady
Maryn Tasco ...
Tea Lady
Muriel Whitaker ...
Tea Lady
Jessie Bailey ...
Tea Lady
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Church Voice (voice)
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Church Voice (voice)
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Church Voice (voice)
Mi Mi Green-Fann ...
Church Voice (voice)
Maurice Watson ...
Othar
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Humane Society Worker (uncredited)
Michael Dotson ...
Angry Football Fan (uncredited)

Directed by

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Ethan Coen
Joel Coen

Written by

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Joel Coen ... (screenplay) &
Ethan Coen ... (screenplay)
 
William Rose ... (movie "The Ladykillers")

Produced by

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John Cameron ... co-producer
Ethan Coen ... producer
Joel Coen ... producer
David Diliberto ... associate producer
Robert Graf ... associate producer
Tom Jacobson ... producer
Barry Josephson ... producer
Barry Sonnenfeld ... producer

Music by

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Carter Burwell

Cinematography by

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Roger Deakins ... director of photography

Editing by

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Ethan Coen ... (as Roderick Jaynes)
Joel Coen ... (as Roderick Jaynes)

Editorial Department

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Terra Bliss ... digital intermediate producer
Emily Calderone ... post-production assistant (as Emily Calederone)
Catherine Farrell ... post-production coordinator
Katie Mcquerrey ... first assistant editor (as Katie McQuerrey)
Theresa Repola Mohammed ... negative cutter
Steven J. Scott ... color timer (as Steve Scott)
Ian Silverstein ... assistant editor
Neil A. Stelzner ... associate film editor
Judith Babcock ... post-production coordinator (uncredited)
Valance Eisleben ... high definition editorial services (uncredited)
Jeff Schweikart ... post-production assistant (uncredited)

Casting By

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Ellen Chenoweth

Production Design by

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Dennis Gassner

Art Direction by

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Richard L. Johnson ... supervising art director (as Richard Johnson)

Set Decoration by

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Nancy Haigh

Costume Design by

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Mary Zophres

Makeup Department

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Paul LeBlanc ... hair designer (as Paul LeBlanc)
Amy Schmiederer ... key makeup artist
Ron Snyder ... assistant makeup artist
Daniel C. Striepeke ... key makeup artist (as Daniel Striepeke)
Linda Villalobos ... key hair stylist
Bryan Whisnant ... assistant hair stylist
David Beneke ... dental prosthetics (uncredited)
Cleve Gunderman ... special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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John Cameron ... unit production manager
Karen Ruth Getchell ... production supervisor
Robert Graf ... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Peter Dress ... second second assistant director (as Pete Dress)
Betsy Magruder ... first assistant director
Jonathan McGarry ... second assistant director
Marc Newland ... dga trainee
Donald Murphy ... first assistant director: second unit (uncredited)

Art Department

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J. Todd Anderson ... ink and leads
Paige Augustine ... assistant set decorator
Dawn Brown ... set designer (as Dawn Brown Manser)
Thomas E. Brown ... paint supervisor
Dianne Chadwick ... graphic designer
Stacy Clinger ... paint foreman
Curtis Corbitt ... property assistant (as Curt Corbitt)
Chris Cummings ... art department coordinator
Vincent D'Aquino ... greens gangboss
James M. Davis ... general foreman (as Jim M. Davis)
Val Drake ... sculptor gangboss (as Val I. Drake)
Lucy Jacobson ... art department assistant
Scott G. Jones ... set dressing foreman
Noelle King ... set designer
Ritchie Kremer ... property master
Barbara Lange ... art department assistant
Leslie 'Tinker' Linville ... set dressing gangboss (as Leslie Linville)
Annie Lukowski ... art department assistant (as Annie Lynch)
Scott Lukowski ... illustrator
Kevin Mangan ... greens coordinator
Jon Nicholson ... on-set dresser
Jeff Passanante ... construction coordinator
Monica Perez ... assistant property master
Sara Philpott ... set dressing coordinator
Ilya Seperich ... Additional Props: reshoot
James Van Houten ... lead sculptor
Mark Weissenfluh ... leadman (as Mark C. Weissenfluh)
Christina Ann Wilson ... assistant art director (as Christy Wilson)
Pedro Barquin ... on-set greens (uncredited)
Richard J. Bell ... greens foreman (uncredited)
Jack Blanchard ... set dresser (uncredited)
Shane Buckallew ... plaster gangboss (uncredited)
Richard Crain ... propmaker gangboss (uncredited)
Oscar Delgadillo ... set dresser (uncredited)
James Fernandez ... set dresser (uncredited)
Anthony Klaiman ... set dresser (uncredited)
Cameron Matheson ... set dresser (uncredited)
Scott Owen ... set dresser (uncredited)
James Passanante ... standby painter (uncredited)
Jason Puga ... painter (uncredited)
Eric S. Saperstein ... painter (uncredited)
Bruce G. Smith ... paint foreman (uncredited)
Mark Sparks ... propmaker gangboss (uncredited)
Timothy Vierra ... propmaker foreman (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Marko A. Costanzo ... foley artist (as Marko Costanzo)
Kelly Doran ... sound utility
Mark Filip ... apprentice sound editor
Eugene Gearty ... sound designer
Lewis Goldstein ... supervising dialogue editor (as Lew Goldstein)
Paul Hsu ... sound effects editor
Kenton Jakub ... adr editor
Randall L. Johnson ... boom operator (as Randy Johnson)
Frank Kern ... foley editor
Rick Kline ... re-recording mixer
Peter F. Kurland ... production sound mixer (as Peter Kurland)
George A. Lara ... foley supervisor (as George Lara)
Hal Levinsohn ... dialogue editor
Skip Lievsay ... re-recording mixer / supervising sound editor
Cate Montana ... assistant sound editor
Greg Orloff ... re-recording mixer
Jeffrey Stern ... dialogue editor (as Jeff Stern)
Paul Urmson ... sound effects editor
Steven Visscher ... foley editor
Brian Bowles ... dialogue editor (uncredited)
Lewis Goldstein ... sound designer (uncredited)
Eric Harwood ... sound re-recordist (uncredited)
David Warzynski ... foley assistant (uncredited) / foley librarian (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Peter Chesney Jr. ... special effects technician (as Pete Chesney)
Peter Chesney ... special effects coordinator
Tom Chesney ... special effects technician
Bruce Allan Donnellan ... special effects foreman (as Bruce Donnellan)
Joe Heffernan ... special effects technician
Emmet Kane ... special effects technician
Al Marangoni ... special effects foreman (as Albert Marangoni)
Phil Notaro ... key set special effects foreman
Steve Austin ... special effects technician (uncredited)
Blair Foord ... special effects technician (uncredited)
Shaun Glendenning ... special effects technician (uncredited)
Don Lanning ... props (uncredited)
Thomas Pelton III ... special effects technician (uncredited)
Michael Roundy ... special effects technician (uncredited)
Mark Stanton ... special effects technician (uncredited)
Sandra Stewart ... special effects technician (uncredited)
Paul Vigil ... special effects technician (uncredited)
John Zinskey ... special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Jeff Allen ... digital effects artist: ESC Entertainment
Jesse Andrewartha ... digital effects artist: ESC Entertainment
Steve Avoujageli ... digital effects artist: ESC Entertainment
Mike Dalzell ... digital effects artist: ESC Entertainment
Matt Dessero ... composite supervisor: ESC Entertainment
Christina Drahos ... digital effects artist: ESC Entertainment
Janeen Elliott ... digital effects artist: ESC Entertainment
Mohen Leo ... digital effects supervisor: ESC Entertainment
Kimberley Liptrap ... digital effects artist: ESC Entertainment
Ed Mendez ... digital effects artist: ESC Entertainment
Kira-Anne Pelican ... visual effects producer: ESC Entertainment
Thomas Proctor ... digital effects artist: ESC Entertainment (as Tom Proctor)
Steve J. Sanchez ... digital effects artist: ESC Entertainment
Janek Sirrs ... visual effects supervisor
Davi Stein ... digital effects artist: ESC Entertainment
Ryan Michael Todd ... digital effects artist: ESC Entertainment
Janet Yale ... visual effects producer: ESC Entertainment
Tony Abejuro ... matchmove artist (uncredited)
Matthew Adams ... digital compositor (uncredited)
Jeremy Beadell ... digital operations manager (uncredited)
Randy Bosh ... digital archivist: New Deal Studios (uncredited)
Timothy Michael Cairns ... quality control supervisor: EFILM/Panavision (uncredited)
Jen Cantwell ... paint/roto artist (uncredited)
Trevor Cawood ... technical director: ESC Entertainment (uncredited)
Michael Jared Clausen ... character animator: ESC Entertainment (uncredited)
Thomas A. Davila ... president: ESC Entertainment (uncredited)
Dan Dixon ... visual effects modeler (uncredited)
Fabian Elmers ... digital effects artist (uncredited)
Christopher J. Eng ... visual effects modeler: ESC Entertainment (uncredited)
Ken Faiman ... virtual cinematography (uncredited)
Brian Freisinger ... lead visual effects modeler: ESC Entertainment (uncredited)
Ed Fuller ... visual effects editor: ESC Entertainment (uncredited)
Matthew Gratzner ... miniature effects supervisor: New Deal Studios, Inc. (uncredited)
Jericho Green ... visual effects modeler (uncredited)
Lyndal Heathwood ... paint/roto artist (uncredited)
Allen Hemberger ... color & lighting (uncredited)
Ryan Hopkins ... visual effects technical director (uncredited)
Tristan Ikuta ... digital effects artist (uncredited)
Jason Kisvarday ... model maker (uncredited)
Derek Krauss ... digital paint & roto artist (uncredited)
Oystein Larsen ... visual effects technical director (uncredited)
Ryan Lastimosa ... visual effects artist (uncredited)
Mike Leben ... motion control operator (uncredited)
Kevin Lin ... quality control coordinator, digital intermediate: Efilm/Panavision (uncredited)
Lisa Maher ... visual effects producer: CIS Hollywood (uncredited)
Andres Martinez ... visual effects (uncredited)
Thomas Mathai ... data manager (uncredited)
Olivier Maury ... research and development: ESC Entertainment (uncredited)
Neil Michka ... animator (uncredited)
Tadao Mihashi ... visual effects: ESC Entertainment (uncredited)
Seth F. Miller ... roto/paint artist: ESC Entertainment (uncredited)
Noah Mizrahi ... character animator (uncredited)
Douglas L. Moore ... layout supervisor: ESC (uncredited)
Natalya Lissa Mortimer ... 3d texture painter (uncredited)
Andrew Pearce ... senior software manager (uncredited)
Steve Rheinfrank ... cgi modeler (uncredited)
Jose Samson ... visual effects modeler (uncredited)
Joe Santana ... assistant visual effects editor: ESC Entertainment (uncredited)
Janelle Schneider ... texture painter (uncredited)
Steven J. Scott ... digital intermediate colorist: EFilm (uncredited)
Lesley Tsina ... visual effects production coordinator: LIDAR Services VFX (uncredited)
Nowell Valeri ... matchmove artist: ESC Entertainment (uncredited)
Matthew A. Ward ... previs animation lead (uncredited) / shot designer (uncredited)
Scott Williston ... lead miniature painter (uncredited)

Stunts

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Danny Downey ... stunts
Jery Hewitt ... stunt coordinator
Jeff Imada ... stunts
Hiro Koda ... stunts
Jennifer Lamb ... stunts
Brandon Molale ... stunts
Allen Robinson ... stunts
Charles Grisham ... stunt double (uncredited)
Hiro Koda ... stunt double: Tzi Ma (uncredited)
Kurt D. Lott ... utility stunts (uncredited)
Darrin Prescott ... stunts (uncredited)
Kevin Reid ... utility stunts (uncredited)
Allen Robinson ... stunt double: Tom Hanks (uncredited)
Tony Snegoff ... utility stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Josh Blakeslee ... second assistant camera (as Joshua Blakeslee)
Julian de la Pena ... assistant chief lighting technician
Clinton Dougherty ... camera operator (as Clint Doherty)
Paul Goldhammer ... camera loader
Melinda Sue Gordon ... still photographer
Robert Gray ... key grip (as Bob Gray)
Quinn Grove ... best boy grip
Bruce Hamme ... dolly grip
Andy Harris ... first assistant camera
Sean Hellfritsch ... camera intern
Raymond Michels ... key rigging grip (as Ray Michels)
Chris Napolitano ... rigging gaffer
Edward R. Nedin ... rigging best boy (as Edward Nedin)
Alfred E. Smithey ... best boy rigging grip (as Alf Smithey)
Kevin Tiesiera ... Set Lighting Tech.
Randy Woodside ... chief lighting technician
Russell Ayer ... electrician (uncredited)
James Barrett ... electrician (uncredited)
Joe Buscaglia ... additional first assistant camera (uncredited)
Earl R. Cantrell ... electrician (uncredited)
Will Dearborn ... additional second assistant camera (uncredited)
Ric Delgado ... electrician (uncredited)
Andrew Dumas ... second assistant camera (uncredited)
Jeff Durling ... dimmer operator (uncredited)
Rick Grover ... second unit: key grip (uncredited)
Daisuke Dice Miyake ... grip (uncredited)
Chava Monjaraz ... grip (uncredited)
Bradford Ralston ... video assist operator: additional photography (uncredited)
Bruce Sharp ... lighting technician (uncredited)
Jas Shelton ... director of photography: second unit (uncredited)
Larry Sushinski ... electrician (uncredited)
Steve Zvorsky ... electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Judy Cook ... extras casting
Barbara Harris ... voice casting
Rachel Tenner ... casting associate
Elena Cizmaric ... casting assistant (uncredited)
Tracy Dixon ... extras casting (uncredited)
Sarah Tackett ... additional casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Vicente Aguilar ... tailor
Leo Arellanes ... tailor
Wyatt Bartlett ... set costumer
Lori DeLapp ... costume supervisor (as Lori De Lapp)
Diana Demoff ... costumer (as Diana Edgmon)
Jenny Eagan ... costumer
Annie Garrity ... costumer
Alix Hester ... costumer
Tasha Le Mel ... costumer
Maria Lorenzana ... costume assistant (as Maria Labbe)
Andrew Slyder ... set costumer
Christine Wada ... costumer
Jenny Eagan ... assistant to costume designer (uncredited)
Dana Embree ... costumer (uncredited)
Giselle Spence ... seamstress (uncredited)

Location Management

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Yoshi Enoki Jr. ... key assistant location manager
Ed Godfrey ... assistant location manager: Mississippi
James Lin ... location manager
Murray Miller ... location manager: Mississippi
Clay Valenti ... assistant location manager: Los Angeles

Music Department

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Jill Berliner ... music legal services (as Jill Berliner Esq.)
Fernand Bos ... music editor
T Bone Burnett ... executive music producer
Carter Burwell ... conductor / orchestrator
Keefus Ciancia ... associate music producer: hip-hop
Michael Farrow ... music scoring mixer
Danny Ferrington ... period music instruments
Tony Finno ... music preparation
Rickey Grundy ... choir leader
Peewee Hill ... musician: bass guitar
Todd Kasow ... music editor
William Kennedy ... musician: drums
Mitchell Leib ... executive in charge of music
Debra MacCulloch ... music legal services
Linda Maiden ... soloist: "Let the Light from the Lighthouse Shine On Me" singer
Tony Maiden ... musician: guitar and vocals
Bill Maxwell ... associate music producer: gospel music
Howard McCrary ... soloist: "Let the Light from the Lighthouse Shine On Me" singer
Sam McCrary ... musician: bass vocals
Sydney Negley ... soundtrack coordinator
Sandra Park ... musician contractor
Dean Parker ... assistant to composer
Mike Piersante ... music engineer
Louis Price ... soloist: "Let the Light from the Lighthouse Shine On Me" singer
Chris Robertson ... music clearances
Ivy Skoff ... soundtrack production manager
Don Welty ... music business and legal affairs
Sharon Yamada ... concert master
Seth Boggess ... assistant score engineer (uncredited)
Kevin Mitchell ... support: soundtracks (uncredited)
John Moses ... musician: clarinetist (uncredited)
Timmy Olmstead ... assistant engineer (uncredited)
John Patitucci ... bass (uncredited)
Jason Stasium ... digital score recordist (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Thomas Johnston ... script supervisor (as Tom Johnston)

Transportation Department

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Chris Basso ... production van driver
Paul Ripple ... transportation dispatcher
Timothy P. Ryan ... transportation captain (as Tim Ryan)
Don Tardino ... transportation coordinator
Paulie DiCocco ... driver: Tom Hanks (uncredited)
Willie D. Partin ... driver (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Janine L. Aines ... animal trainer
Randall Balsmeyer ... title designer
Jackie Bazan ... publicist
Greg Burkart ... additional assistant accountant (as Greg Burkhart)
Jules Carideo ... production coordinator
Gloria Castro ... alteration fitter
J. John Corbett ... title designer
Jenny DeArmitt ... production secretary (as Jenny Dearmitt)
Rachael Lin Gallaghan ... assistant production coordinator
Allan Graf ... football coordinator
Jason Cooper Hall ... assistant to producers
Elizabeth Himelstein ... dialect coach (as Liz Himmelstein)
Ryan Hintz ... second assistant accountant
Drew Houpt ... production office assistant
Nancy G. James ... craft service (as Nancy James)
Kathy Kelehan ... title producer
Cheryl Kurk ... production accountant
David R. Lawson ... medic
Jackie Martin ... animal trainer (as Jackie Kaptan)
Amy McKenzie ... assistant: Mr. Hanks
Ted Meyer ... production office assistant
Cristie Miele ... animal trainer
Patricia Mary Murphy ... serious matters
Monica Perez Gelbman ... post-production accountant: Trevanna Post
Taylor Phillips ... key set production assistant
Kara Place ... set production assistant
Sooki Raphael ... assistant: Mr. Hanks
Ferguson Reid ... medic (as Dr. Ferguson Reid MD)
Ian Savage ... assistant: Messrs. Coen
Meghan Schafer ... animal trainer (as Meghan Schaeffer)
Beatrice Scott ... assistant: Ms. Hall
Cheryl Shawver ... animal trainer
Todd Spears ... payroll accountant
Louise Spencer ... unit publicist (as Louise A. Spencer)
Karen Yokomizo ... first assistant accountant
Emma Baksi ... assistant: Marlon Wayans (uncredited)
Bryan Biermann ... sr. euc analyst (uncredited)
Ben Dukes ... stand-in: Mr. Hurst (uncredited)
Jennifer Zolten Freed ... post-production accountant: Trevanna Post (uncredited)
Patrick Gealogo ... dailies projectionist (uncredited)
Michael Gerald ... stand-in (uncredited)
Daphne A. Guichard ... set medic (uncredited)
Seth Hansen ... additional set production assistant: second unit (uncredited)
Rob Kalmbach ... production assistant (uncredited)
Dave McComb ... construction accountant (uncredited)
George A. Parker ... technical supervisor: preview (uncredited)
Scott Pitman ... production secretary (uncredited)
Keith Potter ... production assistant (uncredited)
Anthony Reynolds ... stand-in: JK Simmons (uncredited)
Ryan Schnizlein ... systems administrator (uncredited)
Buzz Visconti ... first aid (uncredited)
Troy Waters ... marine coordinator (uncredited)
George M. White ... production assistant (uncredited)
David Zimring ... production company intern: Josephson Entertainment (uncredited)

Thanks

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Mr. Hand ... special thanks
Joe Pecknik ... special thanks (as Joe Peknik)
Crew believed to be complete

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

A remake of the 1955 comedy, the story revolves around a Southern professor who puts together a group of thieves to rob a casino. They rent a room in an old woman's house, but soon she discovers the plot and they must kill her, a task that is more difficult than it seems. Written by lcheala@imdb.com

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Taglines The greatest criminal minds of all time have finally met their match. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Ladykillers (France)
  • Ladykillers (Germany)
  • Ladykillers (Spain)
  • 快闪杀手 (China, Mandarin title)
  • 师奶杀手 (China, Mandarin title)
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Runtime
  • 104 min
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Box Office

Budget $35,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend United States $12,634,563, 28 Mar 2004
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $76,747,441

Did You Know?

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Trivia Prior to filming, Tom Hanks had not seen The Ladykillers (1955), as he did not want it to prejudice the way he acted in the remake. See more »
Goofs The criminals intent to collapse the tunnel in order to leave no trace of the crime, however, all this would have done is leave a trench between Mrs. Munson's house and the casino. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into The Clock (2010). See more »
Soundtracks Come, Let Us Go Back to God See more »
Crazy Credits Special thanks to ... the residents of Natchez, Mississippi See more »
Quotes Waffle Hut Waitress: Have you all decided?
Professor G.H. Dorr: Madam, we must have waffles! We must all have waffles forthwith! We must all think, and we must all have waffles, and think each and every one of us to the very best of his ability...
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