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“As the applause grew fainter … As the spotlight grew dimmer … His women were younger!”
The Entertainer (1960)
July 25, 19601h 44mEN
6.2
56 votes
Overview
Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.
Director
Tony RichardsonWriters
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Released
Original Language
English
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Production Companies
Woodfall Film ProductionsContinental
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7.0Certainly, Laurence Olivier is superb in this drama, but he is surrounded by a superior supporting cast that lend huge poignancy to this story. He is "Archie Rice", a seaside entertainer who has long since passed his use-by date. His quick witted, slightly risqué and smutty humour no longer amuses the theatre audiences who now require much greater sophistication. He can't adapt though - it's in his blood. As he desperately tries to stay one step ahead of the bailiffs and the taxman, he puts his nearest and dearest through a maelstrom of emotions and trauma. It doesn't help his wife "Phoebe" (B…
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