The Beggar's Opera

The Beggar's Opera

🎞️ Movie 94 min GB
โ˜… 6.1 /10 1953

Authentic rendering of John Gay's 18th century musical, filmed in Technicolor, about Captain MacHeath, a highwayman, and his love for too many beautiful women. Betrayed by Jenny and Sukey, two of his bygone lovers, and temporarily freed by two others, MacHeath is arrested and condemned to death. While waiting to be hanged, the captain is entertained by a musical beggar, who has written an opera of which the highwayman is the hero.

Cast

Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier
Captain MacHeath
Hugh Griffith
Hugh Griffith
The Beggar
George Rose
George Rose
1st Turnkey
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Stuart Burge
1st Prisoner
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Cyril Conway
2nd Prisoner
Gerald Lawson
Gerald Lawson
3rd Prisoner
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Eileen Harvey
Young Female Traveller
Dorothy Tutin
Dorothy Tutin
Polly Peachum
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George Devine
Peachum
Mary Clare
Mary Clare
Mrs. Peachum
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Arthur Bliss
Composer
Guy Green
Guy Green
Cinematographer