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The Smallest Show on Earth

The Smallest Show on Earth

1957Movie⏱️ 1h 20mApproved
Comedy
6.9
IMDB Rating
2,489 votes

A young couple inherits a debt-ridden old movie theater, appropriately nicknamed "The Flea Pit", and the three eccentric senior citizens who work there.

Director
Basil Dearden
Writers
William Rose, John Eldridge
Stars
Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Margaret Rutherford
Release Date
September 17, 1958
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
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Nominations
💬 51
Reviews
📋 1.8K
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🎭 Top Cast

Virginia McKenna
Virginia McKenna
as Jean Spenser
Bill Travers
Bill Travers
as Matt Spenser
Margaret Rutherford
Margaret Rutherford
as Mrs. Fazackalee
Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers
as Percy Quill
Bernard Miles
Bernard Miles
as Old Tom
Francis De Wolff
Francis De Wolff
as Albert Hardcastle
Leslie Phillips
Leslie Phillips
as Robin Carter
June Cunningham
June Cunningham
as Marlene Hogg
Sidney James
Sidney James
as Mr. Hogg
👤
George Cross
as Commissionaire

🎬 Technical Specs

Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Christchurch Avenue, Kilburn, London, England, UK
Production
British Lion Film Corporation, Shepperton Studios, Hallmark Productions

🏷️ Keywords

projectionistemployer employee relationshiparsonalcoholicinheritance

🎯 Categories

Comedy

⭐ Featured Review

The nostalgic and fond farewell to the bygone years of classic Cinema.
by Cinema_Fan2007-02-15
7/10

"Character actors never come as grand and as enigmatic as the late Peter Sellers (1925 - 1980) whose greatest mainstream movie achievement would have to be the now legendary Pink Panther series. During too, the radio days of the nineteen-fifties in The Goon Show, with the late Spike Milligan (1918 - 2002) and Sir Harry Secombe (1921 - 2001). What was to be just one of four movies during 1957 by Peter Sellers, The Smallest Show on Earth here is his instalment in the persona of one not so young cinema projectionist Mr. Quill. By this time, he had already done the Ealing Studio classic The Ladyki..."

💡 Did You Know?

The production insurers declined to cover Dame Margaret Rutherford, so all of her scenes were squeezed into seven days.

📖 Synopsis

A young couple inherits a debt-ridden old movie theater, appropriately nicknamed "The Flea Pit", and the three eccentric senior citizens who work there.