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The Beggars Opera

 1953
 94 minutes (1 hrs 34 mins)
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Directed by

Peter Brook

Starring

Laurence Olivier · Hugh Griffith · George Rose · Stuart Burge · Cyril Conway · Gerald Lawson

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Release dates

US release date US release
24th August 1953
Sweden release date Sweden release
16th October 1953
Denmark release date Denmark release
18th November 1953

Certificates

US
Approved

G

15

G

14

16

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