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The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
Director: Basil Dearden
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
A delightfully eccentric comedy, with Travers and McKenna inheriting a fleapit cinema called The Bijou, and fighting a takeover by the owners of The Grand, which 'conveniently' burns down. An Ealing-style allegory of English resolve, scripted by William Rose and John Eldridge, it's memorable chiefly for Sellers' drunken old projectionist, clinging to his machines whenever a train goes by, and Rutherford's belligerent cashier.Author: ATu
Cast & crew
Director: Basil Dearden
Producer: Michael Relph
Cast: Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna, Peter Sellers, Margaret Rutherford, Bernard Miles, Leslie Phillips, Sidney James full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 81 mins
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