The Beggar's Opera
94 mins
Adaptation of John Gay's 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffith as the Beggar.
Cyril Conway
2nd Prisoner
Gerald Lawson
3rd Prisoner
Edward Pryor
Filch
Max Brent
A Drunkard
Mercy Haystead
Dolly Trull
Jocelyn James
Molly Brazen
Isabel George
Mrs. Vixen
John Kidd
2nd Turnkey
Herbert C. Walton
3rd Turnkey
Eugene Leahy
4th Turnkey
Edgar Norfolk
5th Turnkey
Oliver Hunter
2nd Chairman
Madge Brindley
Gin Seller
Felix Felton
Governor
Denis Cannan
John, the Footman
Tamba Allen
Negro Page
Terence Greenidge
Chaplain
Billy Wells
Hangman
Adele Leigh
Singing voice
Jennifer Vyvyan
Singing voice
Edith Coats
Singing voice
Joan Cross
Singing voice
John Cameron
Singer
Bruce Boyce
Singing voice
Alanna Boyce
Urchin
John Baker
2nd Chairman
Arthur Bliss
Original Music Composer
Eric Goodhead
Associate Producer
Denis Cannan
Writer
Christopher Fry
Writer
Wally Fairweather
Assistant Camera
Reginald Beck
Editor
Georges Wakhévitch
Production Design
William C. Andrews
Production Design
Georges Wakhévitch
Costume Design
John Gay
Theatre Play