The Entertainer

6.2
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 104 min
  • Premiere: 1960. July 25.

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

Brenda De Banzie

Phoebe Rice

Roger Livesey

Billy Rice

Joan Plowright

Jean Rice

Alan Bates

Frank Rice

Albert Finney

Mick Rice

Shirley Anne Field

Tina Lapford

Thora Hird

Mrs. Ada Lapford

Miriam Karlin

Soubrette

Geoffrey Toone

Harold Hubbard

MacDonald Hobley

McDonald Hobley (as McDonald Hobley)

Anthony Oliver

Interviewer

Max Bacon

Charlie Klein

George Doonan

Eddie Trimmer

James Culliford

Cobber Carson

Gilbert Davis

Brother Bill

Charles Gray

Columnist

Hope Jackman

Morecambe Mother

Tony Selby

Teddy Boy (uncredited)

Nigel Davenport

Theatre Manager (uncredited)

Art

Ralph W. Brinton

Art Direction

Tony Woollard

Draughtsman

Edward Marshall

Assistant Art Director

Camera

Oswald Morris

Director of Photography

Michael Walter

Key Grip

Mike Rutter

Clapper Loader

Ronnie Maasz

Focus Puller

Ginger Gemmel

Camera Operator

Bert Cann

Still Photographer

Denys N. Coop

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Tony Sforzini

Makeup Artist

Barbara Gillett

Wardrobe Master

Bill Griffiths

Hairdresser

Jocelyn Rickards

Costume Designer

Crew

Fred Mannin

Scenic Artist

Basil Mannin

Scenic Artist

Directing

Peter Yates

Assistant Director

Maggie Unsworth

Continuity

Roy Millichip

Second Assistant Director

Michael Stevenson

Third Assistant Director

Honor Blair

Stage Director

Editing

Production

John Croydon

Associate Producer

Harry Saltzman

Producer

R.L.M. Davidson

Production Manager

Pat Moon

Production Secretary

Sound

John Addison

Original Music Composer

William Blezard

Music Arranger

Ronald Cass

Music Director

John Addison

Conductor

Ken Ritchie

Boom Operator

Bob Jones

Sound

Chris Greenham

Sound Editor

Writing

John Osborne

Screenplay

Nigel Kneale

Screenplay

John Osborne

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