The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)

Movie Details

Original Title The Smallest Show on Earth

Original Language EN

Status Released

Popularity 0.5

Cast

Virginia McKenna

Jean Spenser

Popularity: 1.6

Bill Travers

Matt Spenser

Popularity: 4.8

Margaret Rutherford

Mrs. Fazackalee

Popularity: 1.0

Peter Sellers

Percy Quill

Popularity: 0.9

Bernard Miles

Old Tom

Popularity: 2.2

Francis de Wolff

Albert Hardcastle

Popularity: 9.3

Leslie Phillips

Robin Carter

Popularity: 10.6

June Cunningham

Marlene Hogg

Popularity: 1.0

Sid James

Mr. Hogg

Popularity: 0.8

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George Cross

Commissionaire

Popularity: 0.2

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George Cormack

Bell

Popularity: 0.3

Stringer Davis

Emmett

Popularity: 1.0

Key Crew

Screenplay William Rose, John Eldridge

Director Basil Dearden

Production

Hallmark Productions

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Backdrops

Keywords

eccentric inheritance projectionist run down building

Reviews from TMDB

barrymost 7/10

Oct 16, 2019

What if you were informed that you've just inherited your late uncle's "fortune" and then you found out that this "fortune" was, in reality, just an old, dilapidated, little movie theater? I'm assuming you'd be none too happy. Well, neither were Matt and Jean Spenser in this enjoyable little comed ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

Jul 26, 2025

If only I had a great-uncle “Simon” who would die (peacefully, of course) and leave me a cinema! Well that’s what “Jean” (Virginia McKenna) and “Matt” (Bill Travers) are bequeathed and so off the set to “Sloughborough” to take a look at their inheritance. Their hopes are high when ... Read more