The Beggar's Opera

The Beggar's Opera

94 mins | Crime, History, Music | Oct. 5, 1953

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

The Beggar's Opera

94 mins | Crime, History, Music | Oct. 5, 1953

The Beggar's Opera
Adaptation of John Gay's 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffith as the Beggar.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers British Lion Films, Herbert Wilcox Productions
Original title The Beggar's Opera
Directors Peter Brook
Writers John Gay, Denis Cannan, Christopher Fry

Cast

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