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The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
Directed by Basil Dearden
“The Funniest Show on Earth!”
Comedy · 1h 23m
Jean and Matt Spenser are trying to scrape a living. Out of the blue, they receive a telegram informing them Matt'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.
Cast
Virginia McKenna
Jean Spenser
Bill Travers
Matt Spenser
Margaret Rutherford
Mrs. Fazackalee
Peter Sellers
Percy Quill
Bernard Miles
Old Tom
Francis de Wolff
Albert Hardcastle
Leslie Phillips
Robin Carter
June Cunningham
Marlene Hogg
Sidney James
Mr. Hogg
G
George Cross
Commissionaire
G
George Cormack
Bell
Stringer Davis
Emmett
Crew
- Director
- Basil Dearden
- Screenplay
- William Rose, John Eldridge
- Director of Photography
- Douglas Slocombe
- Original Music Composer
- William Alwyn
- Editor
- Oswald Hafenrichter
- Producer
- Michael Relph
Details
- Release date
- 1957-04-09
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Hallmark Productions