"Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business."
Laurence Olivier
as Archie Rice
Brenda De Banzie
as Phoebe Rice
Roger Livesey
as Billy Rice
Joan Plowright
as Jean Rice
Alan Bates
as Frank Rice
Daniel Massey
as Graham
Albert Finney
as Mick Rice
Shirley Anne Field
as Tina Lapford
Thora Hird
as Mrs. Ada Lapford
Miriam Karlin
as Soubrette
Geoffrey Toone
as Harold Hubbard
MacDonald Hobley
as McDonald Hobley (as McDonald Hobley)
Anthony Oliver
as Interviewer
Max Bacon
as Charlie Klein
George Doonan
as Eddie Trimmer
James Culliford
as Cobber Carson
Gilbert Davis
as Brother Bill
Charles Gray
as Columnist
Gwen Nelson
as
Hope Jackman
as Morecambe Mother
Tony Selby
as Teddy Boy (uncredited)
Nigel Davenport
as Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Nigel Kneale
Screenplay
Tony Richardson
Director
John Osborne
Theatre Play
R.L.M. Davidson
Production Manager
Alan Osbiston
Editor
Oswald Morris
Director of Photography
Tony Sforzini
Makeup Artist
Harry Saltzman
Producer
Peter Yates
Assistant Director
John Croydon
Associate Producer
Ralph W. Brinton
Art Direction
John Addison
Original Music Composer
Maude Spector
Casting
Barbara Gillett
Wardrobe Master
Pat Moon
Production Secretary
Michael Walter
Key Grip
Jocelyn Rickards
Costume Designer
Tony Woollard
Draughtsman
Maggie Unsworth
Continuity
Bill Griffiths
Hairdresser
William Blezard
Music Arranger
Ronald Cass
Music Director
Ken Ritchie
Boom Operator
Fred Mannin
Scenic Artist
Basil Mannin
Ronnie Maasz
Focus Puller
Bob Jones
Sound
Chris Greenham
Sound Editor
Roy Millichip
Second Assistant Director
Ginger Gemmel
Camera Operator
Mike Rutter
Clapper Loader
Conductor
Peter Handford
Bert Cann
Still Photographer
Edward Marshall
Assistant Art Director
Denys N. Coop
Michael Stevenson
Third Assistant Director
Honor Blair
Stage Director