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The Beggar's Opera

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Calorie Rating: 132
Released: 1953-08-24
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 94 Minutes
Studios: Herbert Wilcox Productions, British Lion Films,


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

Director / Directors

Peter Brook
Director


Cast

Laurence Olivier
Character: MacHeath
Hugh Griffith
Character: The Beggar
George Rose
Character: 1st Turnkey

Stuart Burge
Character: 1st Prisoner
Cyril Conway
Character: 2nd Prisoner
Gerald Lawson
Character: 3rd Prisoner

Dorothy Tutin
Character: Polly Peachum
George Devine
Character: Peachum
Mary Clare
Character: Mrs. Peachum

Edward Pryor
Character: Filch
Athene Seyler
Character: Mrs. Trapes
Stanley Holloway
Character: Mr. Lockit

Daphne Anderson
Character: Lucy Lockit
Eric Pohlmann
Character: Inn Keeper
Yvonne Furneaux
Character: Jenny Diver

Kenneth Williams
Character: Jack the Pot Boy
Sandra Dorne
Character: Sukey Tawdry
Laurence Naismith
Character: Matt of the Mint

Max Brent
Character: A Drunkard
Mercy Haystead
Character: Dolly Trull
Patricia Raine
Character: Mrs. Slammekin

Jocelyn James
Character: Molly Brazen
Isabel George
Character: Mrs. Vixen
Helen Christie
Character: Betty Doxey

John Kidd
Character: 2nd Turnkey
Herbert C. Walton
Character: 3rd Turnkey
Eugene Leahy
Character: 4th Turnkey

Edgar Norfolk
Character: 5th Turnkey
Oliver Hunter
Character: 2nd Chairman
Madge Brindley
Character: Gin Seller

Felix Felton
Character: Governor
Denis Cannan
Character: John, the Footman
Margot Grahame
Character: The Actress

Tamba Allen
Character: Negro Page
Terence Greenidge
Character: Chaplain
Billy Wells
Character: Hangman

Adele Leigh
Character: Singing voice
Jennifer Vyvyan
Character: Singing voice
Edith Coats
Character: Singing voice

Joan Cross
Character: Singing voice
John Cameron
Character: Singer
Bruce Boyce
Character: Singing voice

Alanna Boyce
Character: Urchin
John Baker
Character: 2nd Chairman


Production and Crew

Guy Green
Director of Photography
Eric Goodhead
Associate Producer

Arthur Bliss
Original Music Composer

John Gay
Lyricist

Wally Fairweather
Assistant Camera
William C. Andrews
Production Design

Georges Wakhévitch
Production Design