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The Entertainer
Directed by
Tony Richardson
Not Rated
1960
1h 43m
Drama
7.1
71%
74%
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Archie Rice, an old-time British music hall performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.
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Cast of The Entertainer
Laurence Olivier
Archie Rice
Brenda De Banzie
Phoebe Rice
Roger Livesey
Billy Rice
Joan Plowright
Jean Rice
Alan Bates
Frank Rice
Daniel Massey
Graham
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
Gwen Nelson
Hope Jackman
Morecambe Mother
Tony Selby
Teddy Boy (uncredited)
Nigel Davenport
Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Tony Richardson
Director
John Osborne
Writer
Nigel Kneale
Writer
Harry Saltzman
Producer
The Entertainer Ratings & Reviews
The Film Yap
Christopher Lloyd
Christopher Lloyd finally punches his ticket to see one of his white-whale classics starring Laurence Olivier as a has-been vaudevillian, and comes away throwing tomatoes.
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Sean Axmaker
Olivier gives his all as the gap tooth vaudevillian living in the shadow of his music hall legend father Billy Rice (Roger Livesey), spitting out pithy wisecracks and mugging pathetically for bored audiences in seaside dives.
Esquire Magazine
Dwight MacDonald
Rarely have I seen so disorganized a film; nothing seems to lead to anything; there's a lot of fancy cutting and camera angles, but each attempt at cinematic effect merely confuses things still more.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
Laurence Olivier gives one of his most riveting, Oscar-nominated performances in this bleak drama about a selfish, aging, pathological vaudevillian.
Video-Reviewmaster.com
Steve Crum
One of Olivier's best roles; overall production A+.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
A stagebound tragi-comedy that remains limp despite Sir Laurence Olivier's powerful performance.
Nitrate Online
Dan Lybarger
Olivier is terrific in this engrossingly sad depiction of a fading music hall performer.
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Bob Bloom
Olivier is marvelous. A winner.
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