Film

The Smallest Show on Earth

1957 · 1h 23m · Comedy

The Funniest Show on Earth!

IMDb

7.0

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.

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

George Cross

Commissionaire

George Cormack

Bell

Stringer Davis

Emmett

Michael Corcoran

Taxi Driver

Liz Fraser

Girl in Cinema (uncredited)

Peter Copley

Actor in The Mystery of Hell Valley (uncredited)

Mario Fabrizi

Actor in The Mystery of Hell Valley (uncredited)

• Basil DeardenDirector
• William RoseScreenplay
• John EldridgeScreenplay
• Michael RelphProducer
• Douglas SlocombeDirector of Photography
• William AlwynOriginal Music Composer
• Oswald HafenrichterEditor

Release date

April 9, 1957

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 23m

Rated

12

Genres

Comedy

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