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The Beggar's Opera

Directed by Peter Brook
1953    1h 34m    Not Rated
History, Crime, Musical,
6.160%
In this vibrant Technicolor adaptation of John Gay's classic, the charming highwayman MacHeath juggles love and betrayal as he faces execution. Amidst enchanting tunes and scheming lovers, a beggar spins his tale, merging fate and farce in a captivating opera.
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Cast of The Beggar's Opera
  • Laurence OlivierMacHeath
  • Hugh GriffithThe Beggar
  • George Rose1st Turnkey
  • Stuart Burge1st Prisoner
  • Cyril Conway2nd Prisoner
  • Gerald Lawson3rd Prisoner
  • Dorothy TutinPolly Peachum
  • George DevinePeachum
  • Mary ClareMrs. Peachum
  • Edward PryorFilch
  • Athene SeylerMrs. Trapes
  • Stanley HollowayMr. Lockit
  • Daphne AndersonLucy Lockit
  • Eric PohlmannInn Keeper
  • Yvonne FurneauxJenny Diver
  • Kenneth WilliamsJack the Pot Boy
  • Sandra DorneSukey Tawdry
  • Laurence NaismithMatt of the Mint
  • Max BrentA Drunkard
  • Mercy HaysteadDolly Trull
  • Patricia RaineMrs. Slammekin
  • Jocelyn JamesMolly Brazen
  • Isabel GeorgeMrs. Vixen
  • Helen ChristieBetty Doxey
  • John Kidd2nd Turnkey
  • Herbert C. Walton3rd Turnkey
  • Eugene Leahy4th Turnkey
  • Edgar Norfolk5th Turnkey
  • Oliver Hunter2nd Chairman
  • Madge BrindleyGin Seller
  • Felix FeltonGovernor
  • Denis CannanJohn, the Footman
  • Margot GrahameThe Actress
  • Tamba AllenNegro Page
  • Terence GreenidgeChaplain
  • Billy WellsHangman
  • Adele LeighSinging voice
  • Jennifer VyvyanSinging voice
  • Edith CoatsSinging voice
  • Joan CrossSinging voice
  • John CameronSinger
  • Bruce BoyceSinging voice
  • Alanna BoyceUrchin
  • John Baker2nd Chairman
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