Rent The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
3.6 of 5 from 77 ratings
1h 13min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- Overjoyed to learn that they've inherited a cinema in the north of England, Matt (Bill Travers) and Jean (Virginia McKenna) Spenser are subsequently shattered to find it's less of a grand picture palace and more of a fleapit (with three equally decrepit employees). Can the couple make a go of it or will they be forced to sell up and watch the Bijou Kinema be redeveloped into a car park?
- Actors:
- Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Margaret Rutherford, Peter Sellers, Bernard Miles, Francis De Wolff, Leslie Phillips, June Cunningham, Sidney James, George Cross, George Cormack, Stringer Davis, Michael Corcoran, The Blake Twins, Terry Burton, John Bush, Marian Collins, Peter Copley, Mario Fabrizi, Liz Fraser
- Directors:
- Basil Dearden
- Producers:
- Michael Relph
- Writers:
- William Rose, John Eldridge
- Aka:
- Big Time Operators
- Studio:
- Momentum Pictures
- Genres:
- British Films, Classics, Comedy
- Countries:
- UK
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 08/07/2002
- Run Time:
- 73 minutes
- Languages:
- English
- Subtitles:
- None
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- B & W
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 11/03/2019
- Run Time:
- 81 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 1.0, English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Alternative Main Titles (Mute)
- Image Gallery
- PDF Material
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Reviews (3) of The Smallest Show on Earth
Gentle, fun British Comedy. - The Smallest Show on Earth review by Steve Mason
British comedy, more charming than hilarious, but enjoyable all the same. Travers and McKenna inherit and reopen a run down cinema, by no means aided by staff Sellers, Rutherford and Miles, who are all great playing elderly eccentrics. There's a lovely scene when the three watch a silent film in rapturous nostalgia.
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Hilarious classic - The Smallest Show on Earth review by Harry
For the older generation, a trip down memory lane with some great stars. Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna were a fine teaming - they later co-starred in "Born Free". What a hilarious place to put a cinema! Very enjoyable.
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The film feels old, like the cinema - The Smallest Show on Earth review by George
My wife and looked forward to seeing this film again. It concerns a couple who inherit a decrepit old cinema, with a decrepit old staff, We enjoyed it many years ago but no longer as we felt it had passed its sell-by date, so we pressed the eject button.
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