FREE FILM: THE ENTERTAINER (1960)
Film. Tony Richardson. Brit Grit. Seaside Noir. John Osborne, Nigel Kneale. Laurence Olivier . Joan Plowright. Alan Bates .Old Films Revival Project. Albert Finney.
‘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. It was filmed on location in the Lancashire seaside town of Morecambe. Olivier was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role.’
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