Drama /

Score: 62.1%( 53 votes )

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

Cast:

Laurence Olivier
Archie Rice

Brenda De Banzie
Phoebe Rice

Roger Livesey
Billy Rice

Joan Plowright
Jean Rice

Alan Bates
Frank Rice

Daniel Massey
Graham

Albert Finney
Mick Rice

Shirley Anne Field
Tina Lapford

Thora Hird
Mrs. Ada Lapford

Miriam Karlin
Renée Baxter

Geoffrey Toone
Harold Hubbard

MacDonald Hobley
McDonald Hobley (as McDonald Hobley)

Anthony Oliver
Interviewer

Max Bacon
Charlie Klein

George Doonan
Eddie Trimmer

James Culliford
Cobber Carson

Gilbert Davis
Brother Bill

Charles Gray
Columnist

Gwen Nelson
Lady at Pub

Hope Jackman
Morecambe Mother

Tony Selby
Teddy Boy (uncredited)

Nigel Davenport
Theatre Manager (uncredited)