The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)

6.7/10 83 min Comedy

Overview

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.

Cast

Virginia McKenna

Jean Spenser

Bill Travers

Matt Spenser

Margaret Rutherford

Mrs. Fazackalee

Peter Sellers

Percy Quill

Bernard Miles

Old Tom

Francis de Wolff

Albert Hardcastle

Leslie Phillips

Robin Carter

June Cunningham

Marlene Hogg

Sidney James

Mr. Hogg

Stringer Davis

Emmett

Liz Fraser

Girl in Cinema (uncredited)

Peter Copley

Actor in The Mystery of Hell Valley (uncredited)

Mario Fabrizi

Actor in The Mystery of Hell Valley (uncredited)

Frazer Hines

Cast Member (uncredited)

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