The Beggar's Opera

The Beggar's Opera (1953)


  • Genre: History, Crime, Music
  • Release Date: 1953-08-24
  • User Rating: 4.9/10 from 4 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 34min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Herbert Wilcox Productions
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Peter Brook
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Summary

Adaptation of John Gay's 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffith as the Beggar.

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  • Laurence Olivier

    as MacHeath

  • Hugh Griffith

    as The Beggar

  • George Rose

    as 1st Turnkey

  • Stuart Burge

    as 1st Prisoner

  • Cyril Conway

    as 2nd Prisoner

  • Gerald Lawson

    as 3rd Prisoner

  • Dorothy Tutin

    as Polly Peachum

  • George Devine

    as Peachum

  • Mary Clare

    as Mrs. Peachum

  • Edward Pryor

    as Filch

  • Athene Seyler

    as Mrs. Trapes

  • Stanley Holloway

    as Mr. Lockit

  • Daphne Anderson

    as Lucy Lockit

  • Eric Pohlmann

    as Inn Keeper

  • Yvonne Furneaux

    as Jenny Diver

  • Kenneth Williams

    as Jack the Pot Boy

  • Sandra Dorne

    as Sukey Tawdry

  • Laurence Naismith

    as Matt of the Mint

  • Max Brent

    as A Drunkard

  • Mercy Haystead

    as Dolly Trull

  • Patricia Raine

    as Mrs. Slammekin

  • Jocelyn James

    as Molly Brazen

  • Isabel George

    as Mrs. Vixen

  • Helen Christie

    as Betty Doxey

  • John Kidd

    as 2nd Turnkey

  • Herbert C. Walton

    as 3rd Turnkey

  • Eugene Leahy

    as 4th Turnkey

  • Edgar Norfolk

    as 5th Turnkey

  • Oliver Hunter

    as 2nd Chairman

  • Madge Brindley

    as Gin Seller

  • Felix Felton

    as Governor

  • Denis Cannan

    as John, the Footman

  • Margot Grahame

    as The Actress

  • Tamba Allen

    as Negro Page

  • Terence Greenidge

    as Chaplain

  • Billy Wells

    as Hangman

  • Adele Leigh

    as Singing voice

  • Jennifer Vyvyan

    as Singing voice

  • Edith Coats

    as Singing voice

  • Joan Cross

    as Singing voice

  • John Cameron

    as Singer

  • Bruce Boyce

    as Singing voice

  • Alanna Boyce

    as Urchin

  • John Baker

    as 2nd Chairman
Directing Peter Brook Director
Camera Guy Green Director of Photography
Sound Arthur Bliss Original Music Composer
Production Herbert Wilcox Producer
Production Laurence Olivier Producer
Production Eric Goodhead Associate Producer
Writing Denis Cannan Writer
Writing Christopher Fry Writer
Sound Johann Christoph Pepusch Songs
Writing John Gay Lyricist
Camera Wally Fairweather Assistant Camera
Editing Reginald Beck Editor
Art Georges Wakhévitch Production Design
Art William C. Andrews Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Georges Wakhévitch Costume Design

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