The Entertainer

Also Known As: A komédiás

Company: Woodfall Film Productions

Aspect Ratio: 1.66 : 1

Plot: 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.

Cast and Character: Laurence Olivier as Archie Rice / Brenda de Banzie as Phoebe Rice / Roger Livesey as Billy Rice / Joan Plowright as Jean Rice / Alan Bates as Frank Rice / Daniel Massey as Graham / Albert Finney as Mick Rice / Shirley Anne Field as Tina Lapford / Thora Hird as Mrs. Ada Lapford / Miriam Karlin as Soubrette / Geoffrey Toone as Harold Hubbard / MacDonald Hobley as Himself - the TV star / Anthony Oliver as Interviewer / Max Bacon as Charlie Klein / George Doonan as Eddie Trimmer

Trailer: n/A

Creators: n/A

Description: Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.

Directors: Tony Richardson

Genres: Drama

Location: Alhambra Theatre, Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK

MPAA: n/A

Opening Weekend: n/A

Poster: posters/0053796.jpg

Rating: 7.1

Release Date: 2 December 1960 (Denmark)

Runtime: 96 min

Seasons: n/A

Sound Mix: Mono

Tagline: As the applause grew fainter ... As the spotlight grew dimmer ... His women were younger!

Title: The Entertainer

Trailer:

Url: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053796/

Votes: 1,525

Writers: John Osborne / Nigel Kneale

Year: 1960

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The Entertainer got rated 7.1.

About the movie: 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.

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Easy Living got rated 7.7.

About the movie: J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's just-bought (very expensive) sable coat and throws it out the window, it lands on poor hard-working girl Mary Smith. But it isn't so easy to just give away something so valuable, as he soon learns.

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Broadcast News got rated 7.1.

About the movie: Basket-case network news producer Jane Craig falls for new reporter Tom Grunnick, a pretty boy who represents the trend towards entertainment news she despises. Aaron Altman, a talented but plain correspondent, carries an unrequited torch for Jane. Sparks fly between the three as the network prepares for big changes, and both the news and Jane must decide between style and substance.