Name: The Beggar's Opera
Genre: History, Crime, Music
Released: 1953-08-24
Duration: 1 h 34 min
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Hugh Griffith, George Rose, Stuart Burge, Cyril Conway

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Gives you goosebumps.
Holds up a mirror.
Draws you into power games.

Not for warmth, scares or comfort.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 61GoodWatch 57
IMDb6.1
Audience score60%
Running time
1 h 34 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 history movies, −28 min on the typical 122
typical 12294
Half of all history movies run 108–138 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 8 more
Released
1953
August 24, 1953
73 years ago
Genres
HistoryCrimeMusic
Language
English
Original language
Made in
United Kingdom
Rated
- NRUnited States
What's in it
ViolenceMild
Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
Frightening scenesLittle or none
Sex, nudityMild
Dark themesModerate
Levels from the title analysis.
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24 of 44
Directing · 1
Peter Brook Director
Writing · 3
Christopher Fry Writer
Denis Cannan Writer
John Gay Theatre Play
Production · 3
Laurence Olivier Producer
Herbert Wilcox Producer
Eric Goodhead Associate Producer
Camera · 2
Guy Green Director of Photography
Wally Fairweather Assistant Camera
Editing · 1
Reginald Beck Editor
Sound · 2
Arthur Bliss Original Music Composer
Johann Christoph Pepusch Songs
Art · 2
Georges Wakhévitch Production Design, Costume Design
William C. Andrews Production Design