THE LADYKILLERS

Superstar Tom Hanks stars in this dark comedy as Goldthwait Higginson Dorr III, Ph.D., a charlatan professor who’s assembled a gang of "experts" for the heist of the century. The thieves are theoretically experts in explosions, tunneling, and muscle; there is also the critical "inside man." The base of operations is the root cellar of an unsuspecting, church-going little old lady named Mrs. Munson (Irma P.Hall). The five rogues gain entrance to her home by claiming to need a place to practice their church music. There’s just one problem: it quickly becomes evident that Dorr’s thieves lack the mental capacity to do the job. Even worse, they have all seriously underestimated their upstairs host. When Mrs. Munson stumbles onto their plot and threatens to notify the authorities, the felonious five decide to do her in. After all, how hard can it be to knock off one old lady?