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British Film Comedy: The Smallest Show On Earth

BBC One
on BBC One London

Starring Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Peter Sellers, Margaret Rutherford with Bernard Miles

This new season of British comedy films begins with one of the best-loved examples.
A young married couple inherit the Bijou Kinema, affectionately known locally as the fleapit. With drunken projectionist Peter Sellers, aged doorman Bernard Miles, and dotty cashier Margaret Rutherford it is hardly surprising that the Bijou fails to hold its own...
(This Week's Films: page 11)

Contributors

Director:
Basil Dearden
Matt Spencer:
Bill Travers
Jean Spencer:
Virginia McKenna
Percy Quill:
Peter Sellers
Mrs Fazackalee:
Margaret Rutherford
Old Tom:
Bernard Miles
Robin Carter:
Leslie Phillips
Hardcastle:
Francis de Wolff
Marlene Hogg:
June Cunningham
Mr Hogg:
Sidney James
Source: Radio Times

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