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The Beggars Opera

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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

16

15

Tous Public

G

14

Total grosses

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