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Does anyone have any information/theories about what seems to be a strange cut in The Ladykillers, where (I think) Herbert Lom calls Alec Guinness something like 'crazy' and there is a geat, sinister close-up on AG, the music builds up to a climax and he seems about to say something significant, but then it cuts altogether to a new angle and the scene is completely different.
Was something taken out ?

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According to John Fisher's biography of Tommy Cooper, TC was in serious contention for a part in THe Ladykillers. Anyone know if this might be true ?
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Good question - and something that's troubled me for years now.

Any answers?
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The first I've heard about it, not that it makes it untrue. What role was mentioned...was it 'One Round', Danny Green's role???
Bit of a Bay Window, what??
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Or maybe Frankie Howerd's part? How big a star was Cooper in 1955?
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Or maybe Frankie Howerd's part? How big a star was Cooper in 1955?
He was very popular, making regular TV appearances and was his live shows were sell outs.
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He was very popular, making regular TV appearances and was his live shows were sell outs.
I think much the same applied to Howerd at that point. Cooper hadn't made any films so a big role might have been rather a risk. Was Cooper that interested in films? He didn't make one until 1960.
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I think much the same applied to Howerd at that point. Cooper hadn't made any films so a big role might have been rather a risk. Was Cooper that interested in films? He didn't make one until 1960.
I believe he received offers, but was too busy with radio, live performances and TV to take them up.
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