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The Smallest Show on Earth

Basil Dearden

1957 • 1h 23m

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 ...

The Smallest Show on Earth

Cast

Virginia McKenna

Virginia McKennaJean Spenser

Bill Travers

Bill TraversMatt Spenser

Margaret Rutherford

Margaret RutherfordMrs. Fazackalee

Peter Sellers

Peter SellersPercy Quill

Bernard Miles

Bernard MilesOld Tom

Francis de Wolff

Francis de WolffAlbert Hardcastle

Leslie Phillips

Leslie PhillipsRobin Carter

June Cunningham

June CunninghamMarlene Hogg

Sidney James

Sidney JamesMr. Hogg

George CrossCommissionaire

George CormackBell

Stringer Davis

Stringer DavisEmmett

Michael CorcoranTaxi Driver

Liz Fraser

Liz FraserGirl in Cinema (uncredited)

Peter Copley

Peter CopleyActor in The Mystery of Hell Valley (uncredited)

Crew

John Eldridge

John EldridgeScreenplay

Basil Dearden

Basil DeardenDirector

Michael Relph

Michael RelphProducer

Douglas Slocombe

Douglas SlocombeDirector of Photography

Sidney Gilliat

Sidney GilliatPresenter

Frank Launder

Frank LaunderPresenter

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