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The Beggar's Opera
(1953)
Directed by
Peter Brook
Genres -
Crime
,
History
,
Music
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Sub-Genres -
Musical
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Release Date -
Aug 24, 1953
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Run Time -
94 min.
|
Countries -
United States of America
|
MPAA Rating -
NR
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4
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Cyril Conway
2nd Prisoner
George Rose
1st Turnkey
Gerald Lawson
3rd Prisoner
Hugh Griffith
The Beggar
Laurence Olivier
Captain MacHeath / MacHeath
Stuart Burge
1st Prisoner
Adele Leigh
Singing voice
Alanna Boyce
Urchin
Athene Seyler
Mrs. Trapes
Billy Wells
Hangman
Bruce Boyce
Singing voice
Daphne Anderson
Lucy Lockit
Denis Cannan
John, the Footman
Dorothy Tutin
Polly Peachum
Edgar Norfolk
5th Turnkey
Edith Coats
Singing voice / Mrs. Coaxer
Edward Pryor
Filch
Eileen Harvey
Young Female Traveller
Eric Pohlmann
Inn Keeper
Eugene Leahy
4th Turnkey
Felix Felton
Governor
George Devine
Peachum
Helen Christie
Betty Doxey
Herbert C. Walton
3rd Turnkey
Isabel George
Mrs. Vixen
Jennifer Vyvyan
Singing voice
Joan Cross
Singing voice
Jocelyn James
Molly Brazen
John Baker
2nd Chairman
John Cameron
Singing voice / Singer
John Kidd
2nd Turnkey
Kenneth Williams
Jack the Pot Boy
Laurence Naismith
Matt of the Mint
Madge Brindley
Gin Seller
Margot Grahame
The Actress
Mary Clare
Mrs. Peachum
Max Brent
A Drunkard
Mercy Haystead
Dolly Trull
Oliver Hunter
2nd Chairman / 1st Chairman
Patricia Raine
Mrs. Slammekin
Sandra Dorne
Sukey Tawdrey / Sukey Tawdry
Stanley Holloway
Mr. Lockit
Tamba Allen
Negro Page
Terence Greenidge
Chaplain
Yvonne Furneaux
Jenny Diver
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Crew
Laurence Olivier
Producer
Peter Brook
Director
Christopher Fry
Writer
Denis Cannan
Writer
Eric Goodhead
Producer
Herbert Wilcox
Producer
John Gay
Writer
Reginald Beck
Editor
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