Alexander Mackendrick's last Ealing comedy and certainly
one of the best, William Rose received an Oscar
nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Alec Guinness
stars in one of his most vivid disguises, in this
killingly funny black comedy gem. The villains plot
to kill the old lady who discovers their robbery.
But the pensioner is not as harmless as she seems!
A rare colour film from Ealing in the '50s, it was
premiered in 1955 at the end of the Ealing Green
period.
