The Entertainer
“As the applause grew fainter … As the spotlight grew dimmer … His women were younger!”
Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.
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Laurence Olivier
Archie Rice
Known for
Rebecca
Spartacus
Brenda De Banzie
Phoebe Rice
Known for
The Man Who Knew Too Much
The Pink Panther
Roger Livesey
Billy Rice
Known for
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
A Matter of Life and Death
Joan Plowright
Jean Rice
Known for
101 Dalmatians
Dennis the Menace
Alan Bates
Frank Rice
Known for
The Sum of All Fears
Zorba the Greek
Daniel Massey
Graham
Known for
Escape to Victory
Star!
Albert Finney
Mick Rice
Known for
Big Fish
Erin Brockovich
Shirley Anne Field
Tina Lapford
Known for
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
The Damned
Thora Hird
Mrs. Ada Lapford
Known for
The Nightcomers
A Kind of Loving
Miriam Karlin
Renée Baxter
Known for
A Clockwork Orange
Children of Men
Geoffrey Toone
Harold Hubbard
Known for
The King and I
The Man Between
MacDonald Hobley
McDonald Hobley (as McDonald Hobley)
Also in
A Day of One's Own
Carry On Laughing
Tony Richardson Director · John Osborne Screenplay Nigel Kneale Screenplay
United States release July 25, 1960 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Continental
Production
Woodfall Film Productions
Production
Continental
Production
United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Mexico · July 25, 1960
Theatrical
United States · July 25, 1960
Theatrical
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