The Smallest Show on Earth
“The Funniest Show on Earth!”
1957•1h 23m•6.7•Released
Comedy
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.
Director
Basil Dearden
Writer
John Eldridge, William Rose
Languages
English
Studio
Hallmark Productions
Cast
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)
Production
Company
Hallmark Productions
Producer
Michael Relph
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