The Smallest Show on Earth (Original title)
Dates: 1957 (Copyright), 06 May 1957 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Basil Dearden
Synopsis: Story of a young couple who inherit a small cinema, survive all vicissitudes and finally sell out triumphantly.
Genre: Comedy
Subject: Cinemas
Releases
Date: 1957Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 81 mins Length: 7242 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: February 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 80 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Dates: 1957 (Copyright), 06 May 1957 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Basil Dearden
Synopsis: Story of a young couple who inherit a small cinema, survive all vicissitudes and finally sell out triumphantly.
Genre: Comedy
Subject: Cinemas
Releases
Date: 1957Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 81 mins Length: 7242 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: February 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 80 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
(46)
©: Hallmark Productions, Made in association with: British Lion Films, Presents: Frank Launder, Sidney Gilliat, Produced by: Michael Relph, Associate Producer: Leslie Gilliat, Production Manager: John Pellatt, [Production Secretary]: Jean Williams, Assistant Director: Eddie Pike, [Assistant Director (2nd)]: John Meadows, [Assistant Director (3rd)]: Claude Watson, Continuity: Jane Buck, Screenplay by: William Rose, John Eldridge, Original Story by: William Rose, Director of Photography: Douglas Slocombe, Camera Operator: Jeff Seaholme, [Focus Puller]: Paddy Ahearne, [Clapper Loader]: Ron Drinkwater, [Stills]: Norman Hargood, Special Effects: Wally Veevers, Special Effects: R. Cuff, [Special Processes]: George Samuels, Film Editor: Oswald Hafenrichter, [Assistant Editor]: Alban Streeter, [Assistant Editor (2nd)]: Eileen Daines, [Assistant Editor (2nd)]: Alan Corder, Guy Ambler, Art Director: Allan Harris, [Draughtsman]: Roy Walker, John Earl, Dress Designer: Anthony Mendleson, Make-up: Harry Frampton, Hairdresser: Hilda Fox, Music Composed by: William Alwyn, [Music Performed by]: Sinfonia of London, And [Music] Conducted by: Muir Mathieson, Sound Supervisor: John Cox, Sound Recordist: Buster Ambler, Bob Jones, Sound System: Westrex Recording System, [Boom Operator]: Ken Ritchie, Dubbing Editor: Arthur Cox, [Publicity]: Robin Grocott, Produced at: Shepperton Studios
Cast
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Virginia McKenna (Jean Spenser), Bill Travers (Matt Spenser), Peter Sellers (Leslie Quill), Margaret Rutherford (Mrs Fazackalee), Bernard Miles (Old Tom), Francis De Wolff (Albert Hardcastle), Sidney James (Mr Hogg), George Gross ('Grand' commissionaire), June Cunningham (Marlene Hogg), Leslie Phillips (Robin Carter), George Cormack (Bell), Stringer Davis (Emmett), Michael Corcoran (taxi driver), Marian Collins ([ice-cream girl]), Frazer Hines, John Pike, Michael Scoble, Blake Twins, Leslie Slysz, Lynne Roberts, Billy Lawrence, Sandra Robb, Christine Roberts, David Paul, Peter Evans, Peter Hicks, John Bush ([uncredited])