The Smallest Show on Earth

The Smallest Show on Earth

83 mins | Comedy | April 9, 1957

Jean and Bill are a married couple trying to scrape a living. Out of the blue they receive a telegram informing them Bill's long-lost uncle has died and left them his business—a cinema in the town of Sloughborough. Unfortunately they can't sell it for the fortune they hoped as they discover it is falling down and almost worthless.

The Smallest Show on Earth

83 mins | Comedy | April 9, 1957

The Smallest Show on Earth
Jean and Bill are a married couple trying to scrape a living. Out of the blue they receive a telegram informing them Bill's long-lost uncle has died and left them his business—a cinema in the town of Sloughborough. Unfortunately they can't sell it for the fortune they hoped as they discover it is falling down and almost worthless.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Hallmark Productions
Original title The Smallest Show on Earth
Directors Basil Dearden
Writers John Eldridge, William Rose

Cast

Virginia McKenna

as Jean Spenser

Bill Travers

as Matt Spenser

Margaret Rutherford

as Mrs. Fazackalee

Peter Sellers

as Percy Quill

Bernard Miles

as Old Tom

Francis de Wolff

as Albert Hardcastle

Leslie Phillips

as Robin Carter

June Cunningham

as Marlene Hogg

Sid James

as Mr. Hogg

George Cross

as Commissionaire

George Cormack

as Bell

Stringer Davis

as Emmett

Liz Fraser

as Girl in Cinema

Frazer Hines

as Cast Member