The Beggar's Opera

The Beggar's Opera (1953)Cast and Crew

Movie

Cast

L
Laurence Olivier
as MacHeath
H
Hugh Griffith
as The Beggar
G
George Rose
as 1st Turnkey
S
Stuart Burge
as 1st Prisoner
C
Cyril Conway
as 2nd Prisoner
G
Gerald Lawson
as 3rd Prisoner
D
Dorothy Tutin
as Polly Peachum
G
George Devine
as Peachum
M
Mary Clare
as Mrs. Peachum
E
Edward Pryor
as Filch
A
Athene Seyler
as Mrs. Trapes
S
Stanley Holloway
as Mr. Lockit
D
Daphne Anderson
as Lucy Lockit
E
Eric Pohlmann
as Inn Keeper
Y
Yvonne Furneaux
as Jenny Diver
K
Kenneth Williams
as Jack the Pot Boy
S
Sandra Dorne
as Sukey Tawdry
L
Laurence Naismith
as Matt of the Mint
M
Max Brent
as A Drunkard
M
Mercy Haystead
as Dolly Trull
P
Patricia Raine
as Mrs. Slammekin
J
Jocelyn James
as Molly Brazen
I
Isabel George
as Mrs. Vixen
H
Helen Christie
as Betty Doxey
J
John Kidd
as 2nd Turnkey
H
Herbert C. Walton
as 3rd Turnkey
E
Eugene Leahy
as 4th Turnkey
E
Edgar Norfolk
as 5th Turnkey
O
Oliver Hunter
as 2nd Chairman
M
Madge Brindley
as Gin Seller
F
Felix Felton
as Governor
D
Denis Cannan
as John, the Footman
M
Margot Grahame
as The Actress
T
Tamba Allen
as Negro Page
T
Terence Greenidge
as Chaplain
B
Billy Wells
as Hangman
A
Adele Leigh
as Singing voice
J
Jennifer Vyvyan
as Singing voice
E
Edith Coats
as Singing voice
J
Joan Cross
as Singing voice
J
John Cameron
as Singer
B
Bruce Boyce
as Singing voice
A
Alanna Boyce
as Urchin
J
John Baker
as 2nd Chairman

Crew

P
Peter Brook
Director
G
Guy Green
Director of Photography
L
Laurence Olivier
Producer
E
Eric Goodhead
Associate Producer
A
Arthur Bliss
Original Music Composer
H
Herbert Wilcox
Producer
C
Christopher Fry
Writer
D
Denis Cannan
Writer
J
Johann Christoph Pepusch
Songs
J
John Gay
Lyricist
W
Wally Fairweather
Assistant Camera
R
Reginald Beck
Editor
W
William C. Andrews
Production Design
G
Georges Wakhévitch
Production Design
G
Georges Wakhévitch
Costume Design