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The Smallest Show on Earth (US: Big Time Operators) is a 1957 British comedy film, directed by Basil Dearden, and starring Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna, Peter Sellers and Margaret Rutherford. The screenplay was written by William Rose and John Eldridge from an original story by William Rose.
A young couple inherits a run-down movie theater and its eccentric staff in this British comedy. The film features Peter Sellers, Margaret Rutherford and other familiar faces in a humorous tale of show business.
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- Comedy
- Basil Dearden
- 1958-09-17
Sep 28, 2022 · Watch the restored version of this classic comedy film starring Peter Sellers, Margaret Rutherford and Bill Travers. The Smallest Show on Earth is about a group of radio broadcasters who try to save their station from closure.
- 80 min
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The Smallest Show on Earth. When Matt Spenser (Bill Travers) and his wife, Jean (Virginia McKenna), inherit a small cinema, the Bijou, from a distant relative, they are shocked to find a...
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- Basil Dearden
- Comedy
- Bill Travers
The Funniest Show on Earth! Jean and Bill are a married couple trying to scrape a living. Out of the blue they receive a telegram informing them Bill's long-lost uncle has died and left them his business—a cinema in the town of Sloughborough.
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- Hallmark Productions
- Basil Dearden
Synopsis. Jean and Bill are a married couple trying to scrape a living. Out of the blue they receive a telegram informing them Bill's long-lost uncle has died and left them his business—a cinema in the town of Sloughborough.
Apr 13, 2018 · Like many classic British comedies of the 1950s, The Smallest Show on Earth (1957) (also known as Big Time Operators) finds humor in eccentric characters waging ingenious schemes. This film is especially fun because it satirizes, and lovingly pays tribute to, the world of small-town movie theaters.
