“As the applause grew fainter … As the spotlight grew dimmer … His women were younger!”
The Entertainer
6.2
57 votes·1960
·1h 44m
·MovieDrama
Overview
Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.
Keywords
beauty contestbased on play or musicaldysfunctional familybankruptcymusic hallseaside townkitchen sink realismvaudeville performerbritish new wavesuez crisis
Cast
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
Renée Baxter
Geoffrey Toone
Harold Hubbard
MacDonald Hobley
McDonald Hobley (as McDonald Hobley)
Anthony Oliver
Interviewer
Max Bacon
Charlie Klein
George Doonan
Eddie Trimmer
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