Comedy · United Kingdom · 1957 · 1h 23m

The Smallest Show on Earth

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Director
Basil Dearden
Cast
Virginia McKenna as Jean Spenser Bill Travers as Matt Spenser Margaret Rutherford as Mrs. Fazackalee Peter Sellers as Percy Quill Bernard Miles as Old Tom Francis de Wolff as Albert Hardcastle
Crew
Douglas Slocombe — Director of Photography Oswald Hafenrichter — Editor William Alwyn — Original Music Composer William Rose — Screenplay John Eldridge — Screenplay Michael Relph — Producer
Tagline

The Funniest Show on Earth!

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
eccentricinheritanceblack and whiteprojectionistrun down building
Key Collaborators
Basil Dearden Director Douglas Slocombe Director of Photography Oswald Hafenrichter Editor William Alwyn Original Music Composer William Rose Screenplay John Eldridge Screenplay Michael Relph Producer
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