The Smallest Show On Earth

The Smallest Show On Earth

1957

Two film enthusiasts inherit a tiny, rundown provincial cinema and struggle to save it from closure in the face of television's rise, relying on an ancient projector and a pair of eccentric employees. A gentle Ealing-style British comedy starring Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna.

Director

  • Basil Dearden

Cast

  • Virginia McKenna
  • Bill Travers
  • Margaret Rutherford
  • Peter Sellers
  • Leslie Phillips
  • Sid James

Filming Locations

  • Hammersmith

    The last cinema used in the film called the Grand was the Gaumont/Odeon, Hammersmith. The actual Bijou was a studio set with the outside shot in a London location.