Genres
Duration
94 min
Director
Peter Brook
Rating
4.9
Release Date
August 24, 1953
The Beggar's Opera
Original title: The Beggar's Opera
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Adaptation of John Gay's 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffith as the Beggar.
The Beggar's Opera cast
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Laurence Olivier
Character:
MacHeath
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Hugh Griffith
Character:
The Beggar
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George Rose
Character:
1st Turnkey
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Stuart Burge
Character:
1st Prisoner
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Cyril Conway
Character:
2nd Prisoner
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Gerald Lawson
Character:
3rd Prisoner
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Dorothy Tutin
Character:
Polly Peachum
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George Devine
Character:
Peachum
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Mary Clare
Character:
Mrs. Peachum
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Edward Pryor
Character:
Filch
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Athene Seyler
Character:
Mrs. Trapes
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Stanley Holloway
Character:
Mr. Lockit
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Daphne Anderson
Character:
Lucy Lockit
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Eric Pohlmann
Character:
Inn Keeper
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Yvonne Furneaux
Character:
Jenny Diver
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Kenneth Williams
Character:
Jack the Pot Boy
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Sandra Dorne
Character:
Sukey Tawdry
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Laurence Naismith
Character:
Matt of the Mint
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Max Brent
Character:
A Drunkard
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Mercy Haystead
Character:
Dolly Trull
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Patricia Raine
Character:
Mrs. Slammekin
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Jocelyn James
Character:
Molly Brazen
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Isabel George
Character:
Mrs. Vixen
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Helen Christie
Character:
Betty Doxey
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John Kidd
Character:
2nd Turnkey
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Herbert C. Walton
Character:
3rd Turnkey
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Eugene Leahy
Character:
4th Turnkey
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Edgar Norfolk
Character:
5th Turnkey
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Oliver Hunter
Character:
2nd Chairman
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Madge Brindley
Character:
Gin Seller
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Felix Felton
Character:
Governor
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Denis Cannan
Character:
John, the Footman
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Margot Grahame
Character:
The Actress
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Tamba Allen
Character:
Negro Page
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Terence Greenidge
Character:
Chaplain
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Billy Wells
Character:
Hangman
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Adele Leigh
Character:
Singing voice
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Jennifer Vyvyan
Character:
Singing voice
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Edith Coats
Character:
Singing voice
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Joan Cross
Character:
Singing voice
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John Cameron
Character:
Singer
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Bruce Boyce
Character:
Singing voice
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Alanna Boyce
Character:
Urchin
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John Baker
Character:
2nd Chairman
