The Beggar's Opera

★6.1 1953 1h 34m Crime, History, Musical

When the composer of an opera about a swashbuckling, wenching highwayman meets his hero's real-life counterpart, he's disappointed with his lack of dash.

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Actors

Laurence Olivier Laurence Olivier MacHeath
Hugh Griffith Hugh Griffith The Beggar
George Rose George Rose 1st Turnkey
Stuart Burge Stuart Burge 1st Prisoner
CC Cyril Conway 2nd Prisoner
GL Gerald Lawson 3rd Prisoner
Dorothy Tutin Dorothy Tutin Polly Peachum
George Devine George Devine Peachum
Mary Clare Mary Clare Mrs. Peachum
EP Edward Pryor Filch
Athene Seyler Athene Seyler Mrs. Trapes
Stanley Holloway Stanley Holloway Mr. Lockit