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PDF Download the Ladykillers THE LADYKILLERS PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Ethan Coen | 128 pages | 24 Mar 2005 | FABER & FABER | 9780571225972 | English | London, United Kingdom The Ladykillers PDF Book Crazy Credits During the opening credits, roses are shown, to highlight the fact that William Rose wrote the screenplay. Writers: William Rose story , William Rose screenplay. Professor Marcus : [ interrupting ] I always think the windows are the eyes of a house, and didn't someone say the eyes are the windows of the soul? It is a known fact that natural gas has no smell naturally, but is in fact given it by the gas company so leaks can be noticed before they reach lethal levels. The source for this release was made from the original camera negative which was scanned at 4K resolution and using a combination of manual and automated techniques to clean up issues reportedly hours' worth of restoration which was then utilised for the creation of this Ultra HD Blu-ray release. Tom Hanks. Joel Coen. 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