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The Beggar's Opera
Adaptation of John Gay's 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffith as the Beggar.
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Cast
Laurence OlivierMacHeath
Hugh GriffithThe Beggar
George Rose1st Turnkey
Stuart Burge1st Prisoner- Cyril Conway2nd Prisoner
- Gerald Lawson3rd Prisoner
Dorothy TutinPolly Peachum
George DevinePeachum
Mary ClareMrs. Peachum- Edward PryorFilch
Athene SeylerMrs. Trapes
Stanley HollowayMr. Lockit
Daphne AndersonLucy Lockit
Eric PohlmannInn Keeper
Details
- Director
- Peter Brook
- Writers
- Christopher Fry, Denis Cannan, John Gay
- Release date
- August 24, 1953
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Original language
- English
- Studios
- Herbert Wilcox Productions, British Lion Films
