The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)

Name: The Smallest Show on Earth
Director: Basil Dearden
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1957-04-09
Duration: 83 min
Cast: Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Margaret Rutherford, Peter Sellers, Bernard Miles

19571h 23mComedy

Jean and Bill are a married couple trying to scrape a living. Out of the blue they receive a telegram informing them Bill's long-lost uncle has died and left them his business—a cinema in the town of Sloughborough. Unfortunately they can't sell it for the fortune they hoped as they discover it is falling down and almost worthless.

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Cast

Virginia McKennaJean Spenser
Bill TraversMatt Spenser
Margaret RutherfordMrs. Fazackalee
Peter SellersPercy Quill
Bernard MilesOld Tom
Francis de WolffAlbert Hardcastle
Leslie PhillipsRobin Carter
June CunninghamMarlene Hogg
Sidney JamesMr. Hogg
GGeorge CrossCommissionaire
GGeorge CormackBell
Stringer DavisEmmett
MMichael CorcoranTaxi Driver
Liz FraserGirl in Cinema (uncredited)
Peter CopleyActor in The Mystery of Hell Valley (uncredited)
Mario FabriziActor in The Mystery of Hell Valley (uncredited)
Frazer HinesCast Member (uncredited)
BBilly LawrenceCast Member (uncredited)

Crew

Director: Basil Dearden
Writers: William Rose John Eldridge
Producers: Michael Relph
Music: William Alwyn
Cinematography: Douglas Slocombe
Editing: Oswald Hafenrichter

Details

Released: April 9, 1957
Language: English
Studio: Hallmark Productions
IMDb: tt0050985