The Ladykillers Trivia

1. When 'Professor' Marcus is introducing the rest of his gang to Mrs. Wilberforce, he of course does not call them by their real names. By what names does he call them?

From Quiz "The Ladykillers" (1955)

Answer: Major Courtney, Mr. Harvey, Mr. Lawson and Mr. Robinson

The gang comprised of gentlemanly 'Major Courtney', known as Claude or simply the Major, vicious and nervous 'Mr. Harvey', also known as Louis, strong but stupid 'Mr. Lawson', also known as One-Round and young 'Mr. Robinson', also known as Harry. They use Mrs. Wilberforce's house as a meeting place to plan their robbery of a nearby bank. As a cover, they say they are members of a string quartet and use a classical record to give the illusion that they are practicing.

From Quiz "Put Him in the Barrow" - 'The Ladykillers'

Answer: Parrot

General Gordon is one of three birds owned by Mrs Wilberforce; two parrots and a Cockatoo. Unfortunately General Gordon, an Ecuadorian Amazon parrot, is unwell and requires medicine. This leads to a particularly humorous scene in which Harry Robinson, played by Peter sellers, tries to help but is severely pecked by the parrot which, by this time, has found a perch on top of a sideboard in Mrs Wilberforce's sitting room. Retired boxer, One-Round Lawson, played by Danny Green, attempts to retrieve the parrot from the top of the sideboard by standing on a chair which, unsurprisingly, collapses under him trapping his lower legs; slapstick comedy at its absolute best! For those of you interested, the second parrot, an African Grey, was named Admiral Beatty and the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo is named Milton.

From Quiz "The Ladykillers" (1955)

Answer: Louis

While the criminals agree that Mrs. Wilberforce must be killed, it turns out none of them are eager to do it and they begin to argue. While the others fight, Louis simply draws his switchblade and cuts a match, offering it and four others to his fellows. The fact that he does this suddenly and in complete silence scares his fellow criminals more than a little!

From Quiz "Put Him in the Barrow" - 'The Ladykillers'

Answer: One-Round

One-Round Lawson was portrayed as a slow, dim-witted hard man with a soft side to his nature. As the story progresses he develops an affection for Mrs Wilberforce and begins to call her Mum. He eventually refuses to kill Mrs Wilberforce but then kills Harry Robinson after he mistakenly believes that Harry has murdered her. One-Round is eventually killed by Louis Harvey, played by Herbert Lom, and his body is dropped over a railway bridge into a wagon passing below.

From Quiz "Put Him in the Barrow" - 'The Ladykillers'

Answer: Mrs Lopsided

Mrs Wilberforce's house has suffered from the bombing during the Blitz and, as a result, is beginning to subside. During an early scene in which Professor Marcus has arrived to look at the rooms available for rent, he attempts to straighten a crooked picture hanging on the wall in Mrs Wilberforce's hallway; which promptly swings out of plumb as soon as he removes his hand. The entire building is lopsided; "A lopsided grandma living in a lopsided house"; and it is for this reason that Mrs Wilberforce is given this nickname by Louis Harvey.

From Quiz "Put Him in the Barrow" - 'The Ladykillers'

Answer: Cello

After the gang have removed the proceeds of the robbery from the strong-boxes in which it was contained, they place it inside One-Round's cello case. Unfortunately for the gang, as they are waiting in their car to make their getaway, One-Round closes the door to Mrs Wilberforce's house on its carrying strap. Rather than ask Mrs Wilberforce to open the door in order that he can release it, he decides to pull at the case which results in it flying open and the money spilling out onto the pavement; with this the door opens and we see Mrs Wilberforce standing there looking down at him, having finally realised that the musical group are not what they seemed!

From Quiz "The Ladykillers" (1955)

Answer: A railway signal arm

A railway signal arm falls and hits him on the head as he stands still, killing him instantly and knocking him off the platform. His death is the only one that is actually seen; all of the others were killed off camera. Even Louis had fallen out of shot by the time he hit the train.

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