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Tom Hanks' character in 'The Ladykillers' (2004)


Does anyone know if Tom Hanks' character in "The Ladykillers" (professor G.H. Dorr) was based on Mr. X from "Irma la Douce"? It certainly seems so to me :-)

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Tom Hanks' character in THE LADYKILLERS was based on Professor Marcus as played by Alec Guiness from the 1955 THE LADYKILLERS.

Life, every now and then, behaves as though it had seen too many bad movies

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I liked Tom Hanks in "The Ladykillers"! I think it's one of his better movies. :)

Jim Hutton as Ellery Queen - totally hot!

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