The Smallest Show on Earth

Year: 1957

Runtime: 83 mins

Language: English

Director: Basil Dearden

ComedyCrude humor and satireAmusing jokes and witty satireLaugh-out-loud relationship entanglementsGags jokes and slapstick humor

Jean and Bill, a married couple struggling to make ends meet, suddenly receive a telegram announcing that Bill’s long‑lost uncle has died and left them his cinema in the small town of Sloughborough. Hoping for a quick windfall, they discover the theatre is crumbling, barely worth anything, and their plans for a fortune quickly unravel.

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