Summary
The Beggar’s Opera is a British crime film first released in 1953,
directed by Peter Brook.
The film stars Laurence Olivier, Hugh Griffith, George Rose, Stuart Burge and Cyril Conway.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Peter Brook
- Script: Denis Cannan, Christopher Fry, John Gay
- Photo: Guy Green
- Music: Arthur Bliss
- Cast: Laurence Olivier (Captain MacHeath), Hugh Griffith (The Beggar), George Rose (1st Turnkey), Stuart Burge (1st Prisoner), Cyril Conway (2nd Prisoner), Gerald Lawson (3rd Prisoner), Amanda Harley (Young Female Traveller), Dorothy Tutin (Polly Peachum), George Devine (Peachum), Mary Clare (Mrs. Peachum), Edward Pryor (Filch), Athene Seyler (Mrs. Trapes), Stanley Holloway (Mr. Lockit), Daphne Anderson (Lucy Lockit), Eric Pohlmann (Inn Keeper), Yvonne Furneaux (Jenny Diver), Kenneth Williams (Jack the Pot Boy), Sandra Dorne (Sukey Tawdrey), Laurence Naismith (Matt of the Mint), Max Brent (A Drunkard), Mercy Haystead (Dolly Trull), Patricia Raine (Mrs. Slammekin), Jocelyn James (Molly Brazen), Isabel George (Mrs. Vixen), Helen Christie (Betty Doxey), John Kidd (2nd Turnkey), H.C. Walton (3rd Turnkey), Eugene Leahy (4th Turnkey), Edgar Norfolk (5th Turnkey), Oliver Hunter (2nd Chairman), Madge Brindley (Gin Seller), Felix Felton (Governor), Denis Cannan (John, the Footman), Margot Grahame (The Actress), Tamba Allenby (Negro Page), Terence Greenidge (Chaplain), Billy Wells (Hangman), Adele Leigh (Singing voice), Jennifer Vyvyan (Singing voice), Edith Coats (Singing voice), Joan Cross (Singing voice), John Cameron (Singing voice), Bruce Boyce (Singing voice), John Baker
- Country: UK
- Language: English
- Runtime: 94 min
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