The Smallest Show on Earth
6.9
“The Funniest Show on Earth!”
Jean and Matt Spenser are trying to scrape a living. Out of the blue, they receive a telegram informing them Matt'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.
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Cast
18 people
Virginia McKenna
Jean Spenser
Known for
Born Free
Sliding Doors
Bill Travers
Matt Spenser
Known for
Gorgo
Born Free
Margaret Rutherford
Mrs. Fazackalee
Known for
Murder She Said
Chimes at Midnight
Peter Sellers
Percy Quill
Known for
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Being There
Bernard Miles
Old Tom
Known for
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Great Expectations
Francis de Wolff
Albert Hardcastle
Known for
Jesus of Nazareth
From Russia with Love
Leslie Phillips
Robin Carter
Known for
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Empire of the Sun
June Cunningham
Marlene Hogg
Also in
Horrors of the Black Museum
Design for Loving
Sidney James
Mr. Hogg
Known for
Carry On Cleo
The Lavender Hill Mob
George Cross
Commissionaire
Also in
We Dive at Dawn
Street Song
George Cormack
Bell
Known for
Demons of the Mind
Stringer Davis
Emmett
Known for
Murder at the Gallop
Basil Dearden Director · William Rose Screenplay John Eldridge Screenplay
United States release April 9, 1957 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
Hallmark Productions
Production
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 9, 1957
Theatrical
United Kingdom · May 18, 1957
Theatrical
Austria
February 3, 1962 · Theatrical
Sweden
October 31, 1960 · Theatrical
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