The Entertainer
1960·United Kingdom·97 min.
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Archie Rice, a pathetic music hall comic, plagued by debts, manipulates those around him in a defiant and selfish attempt to survive against improbable odds. He drinks, makes crude philosophical jokes about sex and politics and humiliates his lamenting, gin-soaked wife. Archie lures his father, Billy Rice, out of retirement for a benefit performance which will ultimately bring financial aid to Archie and his impractical investments.
DirectorTony Richardson
MusicJohn Addison
CinematographyOswald Morris
CastLaurence Olivier·Brenda De Banzie·Joan Plowright·Roger Livesey·Albert Finney·Alan Bates·Miriam Karlin·Thora Hird·Charles Gray
Original titleThe Entertainer