--- title: 'The Entertainer (1960)' type: 'film' director: 'Tony Richardson' released: '1960-01-01' runtime_minutes: 96 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'United Kingdom' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-entertainer-1960' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053796/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Entertainer (1960) 1960 · 96 min · Drama · United Kingdom ## Synopsis The Entertainer is a 1960 British kitchen sink drama film directed by Tony Richardson, produced by Harry Saltzman and adapted by John Osborne and Nigel Kneale from Osborne's stage play of the same name. The film stars Laurence Olivier as Archie Rice, a failing third-rate music-hall stage performer who tries to keep his career going even as the music-hall tradition fades into history and his personal life falls apart. Olivier was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. ## Credits - **Director:** [Tony Richardson](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-richardson) - **Screenplay:** [John Osborne](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-osborne), [Nigel Kneale](https://cinepixo.com/people/nigel-kneale) - **Original Music Composer:** [John Addison](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-addison) - **Producer:** [Harry Saltzman](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-saltzman) - **Director of Photography:** [Oswald Morris](https://cinepixo.com/people/oswald-morris) - **Editor:** [Alan Osbiston](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-osbiston) ## Cast - [Joan Plowright](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-plowright) - [Daniel Massey](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-massey) - [Laurence Olivier](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-olivier) - [Shirley Anne Field](https://cinepixo.com/people/shirley-anne-field) - [Albert Finney](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-finney) - [Brenda De Banzie](https://cinepixo.com/people/brenda-de-banzie) - [Alan Bates](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-bates) - [Roger Livesey](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-livesey) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-entertainer-1960 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1194909); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.