The Smallest Show on Earth
The Smallest Show on Earth

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- 70/100 based on 2,138 votes
  • Released: 1957
  • Runtime: 83 mins
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  • Studio: Hallmark Productions
  • Genres: Comedy

Jean (Virginia McKenna) and Matt (Bill Travers) are a struggling married couple, with Matt trying to scrape out a living as a writer. Out of the blue, they receive a telegram informing them that Matt's long-lost uncle has died and left them his business - a cinema in the town of Sloughborough. They pack their bags and travel to Sloughborough expecting to sell the cinema to gain a huge inheritance. However, they discover the cinema is falling apart and is run by a comically in... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Smallest Show on Earth:

Virginia McKenna
Bill Travers
Margaret Rutherford
Peter Sellers
Bernard Miles
Francis de Wolff

Full Plot Details

Jean (Virginia McKenna) and Matt (Bill Travers) are a struggling married couple, with Matt trying to scrape out a living as a writer. Out of the blue, they receive a telegram informing them that Matt's long-lost uncle has died and left them his business - a cinema in the town of Sloughborough. They pack their bags and travel to Sloughborough expecting to sell the cinema to gain a huge inheritance. However, they discover the cinema is falling apart and is run by a comically incompetant staff who seem to have worked there forever. They set out with a plan to sell it, but things don't quite go as planned.

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Monthly Film Bulletin - 7/10 by MFB CriticsThe whole weight of this gay idea is carried by Bernard Miles, Margaret Rutherford and Peter Sellers... Outside these three, the film is a rather poor example of conventional British screen comedy, with stock characters and situations.
Eye for Film - 7/10 by Amber WilkinsonVery much an ensemble piece, it relies heavily on sight gags and cinema business.
User Review - 10/10 by Chris TAn echo for the growth of multiplex and the loss of the small time theatre
User Review - 10/10 by Heather SThis was brilliant. Real life 'born free' couple star as the clueless young pair left a decrepit old picture theatre. A range of interesting sub-characters and soem great dialogue make this a re-watch classic!
User Review - 10/10 by Mike Flovely little film about something you dont find much of anymore local little cinema's !!!!
User Review - 10/10 by Carmela "This film is really good, with some quite funny parts, alough at the end it all happens a little quickly! Still an awesome movie though!
User Review - 8/10 by Yannis A(75%) The second movie (The magic box being the first) of a double feature presentation at the great Woolton cinema in Liverpool is weirdly a forgotten 1950's gem of a movie that anyone with at least some affection of old and increasingly scarce independent cinemas will absolutely love. Peter Sellers isn't the main focus of the movie, he's rather more a supporting role, but he's utterly fantastic as an old projectionist with a drink problem and he provides the best laughs. The plot is simple yet effective stuff, it's very well told as you really do want to know what's going to happen next; while the pacing never bogs down, and the comedy keeps on coming until the final reel. This really is a film I'd happily recommend to anyone and everyone, and is perfect for a wet Sunday afternoon.
User Review - 8/10 by Christopher B(75%) The second movie (The magic box being the first) of a double feature presentation at the great Woolton cinema in Liverpool is weirdly a forgotten 1950's gem of a movie that anyone with at least some affection of old and increasingly scarce independent cinemas will absolutely love. Peter Sellers isn't the main focus of the movie, he's rather more a supporting role, but he's utterly fantastic as an old projectionist with a drink problem and he provides the best laughs. The plot is simple yet effective stuff, it's very well told as you really do want to know what's going to happen next; while the pacing never bogs down, and the comedy keeps on coming until the final reel. This really is a film I'd happily recommend to anyone and everyone, and is perfect for a wet Sunday afternoon.
User Review - 8/10 by Scott R(75%) The second movie (The magic box being the first) of a double feature presentation at the great Woolton cinema in Liverpool is weirdly a forgotten 1950's gem of a movie that anyone with at least some affection of old and increasingly scarce independent cinemas will absolutely love. Peter Sellers isn't the main focus of the movie, he's rather more a supporting role, but he's utterly fantastic as an old projectionist with a drink problem and he provides the best laughs. The plot is simple yet effective stuff, it's very well told as you really do want to know what's going to happen next; while the pacing never bogs down, and the comedy keeps on coming until the final reel. This really is a film I'd happily recommend to anyone and everyone, and is perfect for a wet Sunday afternoon.
User Review - 8/10 by Christy Pa surprisingly good movie about an old theatre house that's about to go under

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