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

Laurence Olivier
MacHeath

Hugh Griffith
The Beggar

George Rose
1st Turnkey

Stuart Burge
1st Prisoner

Cyril Conway
2nd Prisoner

Gerald Lawson
3rd Prisoner

Dorothy Tutin
Polly Peachum

George Devine
Peachum

Mary Clare
Mrs. Peachum

Edward Pryor
Filch

Athene Seyler
Mrs. Trapes

Stanley Holloway
Mr. Lockit

Daphne Anderson
Lucy Lockit

Eric Pohlmann
Inn Keeper

Yvonne Furneaux
Jenny Diver

Kenneth Williams
Jack the Pot Boy

Sandra Dorne
Sukey Tawdry

Laurence Naismith
Matt of the Mint

Max Brent
A Drunkard

Mercy Haystead
Dolly Trull

Patricia Raine
Mrs. Slammekin

Jocelyn James
Molly Brazen

Isabel George
Mrs. Vixen

Helen Christie
Betty Doxey

John Kidd
2nd Turnkey

Herbert C. Walton
3rd Turnkey

Eugene Leahy
4th Turnkey

Edgar Norfolk
5th Turnkey

Oliver Hunter
2nd Chairman

Madge Brindley
Gin Seller

Felix Felton
Governor

Denis Cannan
John, the Footman

Margot Grahame
The Actress

Tamba Allen
Negro Page

Terence Greenidge
Chaplain

Billy Wells
Hangman

Adele Leigh
Singing voice

Jennifer Vyvyan
Singing voice

Edith Coats
Singing voice

Joan Cross
Singing voice

John Cameron
Singer

Bruce Boyce
Singing voice

Alanna Boyce
Urchin

John Baker
2nd Chairman