Big Time Operators (1957)
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Country: UK
Genres: Comedy
Release: 1958-09-17
Director: Basil Dearden
Writers: William Rose (I) (1914–1987) , John Eldridge
Language: English
Stars: Virginia McKenna , Bill Travers , Margaret Rutherford , Peter Sellers (I) (1925–1980)
Runtime: 80 min
Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 nomination total
AKA: The Smallest Show on Earth (Australia) , Den tossede biograf (Denmark) , Sous le plus petit chapiteau du monde (France, French Republic) , Najmensie kino na svete (Slovakia (Slovak Republic)) , Die kleinste Schau der Welt , The Smallest Show on Earth , Pennitön perintö (Finland) , Ραντεβού στο σινεμά (Greece) , Die kleinste Schau der Welt , Big Time Operators (United States of America) , Οι 3 συνωμόται (Greece) , Verdens minste show (Norway) , La pazza eredità (Italy) , Chijou saishou no show (Japan) , Die kleinste Schau der Welt (Austria) , Luzes sem Ribalta (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , The Smallest Show on Earth (United Kingdom) , Världens minsta show (Sweden) , Самое маленькое представление на свете
Plot: Jean (Virginia McKenna) and Matt (Bill Travers) are a struggling married couple, with Matt trying to scrape out a living as a writer. Out of the blue, they receive a telegram informing them that Matt's long-lost uncle has died and left them his business - a cinema in the town of Sloughborough. They pack their bags and travel to Sloughborough expecting to sell the cinema to gain a huge inheritance. However, they discover the cinema is falling apart and is run by a comically incompetant staff who seem to have worked there forever. They set out with a plan to sell it, but things don't quite go as planned.
IMDB:tt0050985