The Beggar's Opera

Name: The Beggar's Opera
Genre: History, Crime, Music
Released: 1953-08-24
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 4.1
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Hugh Griffith, George Rose, Stuart Burge, Cyril Conway

NR19531h 34m

History Crime Music

Ratist Community Rating

4.1

Adaptation of John Gay's 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffith as the Beggar.

Rate & Review

StatusReleased

Release Date1953-08-24

DirectorPeter Brook

ScreenplayChristopher Fry, Denis Cannan

MusicArthur Bliss

Where to Watch

Rent / Buy

Streaming availability for US region, via JustWatch.

More Like This

★6.8

—

Silk Stockings

1957

★7.0

—

The Damned Don't Cry

1950

★6.0

—

Make It Happen

2008

★6.8

—

Each Dawn I Die

1939

★6.9

—

Star!

1968

★6.2

—

House of Bamboo

1955

★8.0

—

Ghosts

1997

★7.1

—

Another Thin Man

1939

★6.7

—

Godspell

1973

★6.3

—

The Locket

1946

★6.7

—

Song of the Thin Man

1947

★5.9

—

Honeydripper

2007