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The Entertainer

"As the applause grew fainter … As the spotlight grew dimmer … His women were younger!"

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1960 · 1h 44m
Drama
Starring Laurence Olivier · Brenda De Banzie · Roger Livesey
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About

Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.

Theatrical
Jul 25, 1960
DVD / Blu-ray
Jun 19, 2001
Director
Tony Richardson
Writers
Nigel Kneale, John Osborne
Producers
Harry Saltzman, John Croydon
Music
John Addison
Studio
Woodfall Film Productions, Continental
Keywords
beauty contest dysfunctional family based on play or musical bankruptcy music hall seaside town kitchen sink realism vaudeville performer british new wave suez crisis
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Cast

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L
Laurence Olivier
Archie Rice
B
Brenda De Banzie
Phoebe Rice
R
Roger Livesey
Billy Rice
J
Joan Plowright
Jean Rice
A
Alan Bates
Frank Rice
D
Daniel Massey
Graham
A
Albert Finney
Mick Rice
S
Shirley Anne Field
Tina Lapford
T
Thora Hird
Mrs. Ada Lapford
M
Miriam Karlin
Renée Baxter
G
Geoffrey Toone
Harold Hubbard
M
MacDonald Hobley
McDonald Hobley (as McDonald Hobley)
A
Anthony Oliver
Interviewer
M
Max Bacon
Charlie Klein
G
George Doonan
Eddie Trimmer
J
James Culliford
Cobber Carson
G
Gilbert Davis
Brother Bill
C
Charles Gray
Columnist
G
Gwen Nelson
Lady at Pub
H
Hope Jackman
Morecambe Mother

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