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The Smallest Show on Earth

1957 film by Basil Dearden
Movie film Q7764879
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The Smallest Show on Earth

Summary

The Smallest Show on Earth is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (52 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Smallest Show on Earth's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • The Smallest Show on Earth's director is recorded as Basil Dearden[4].
  • The Smallest Show on Earth's screenwriter is recorded as William Rose[5].
  • The Smallest Show on Earth's composer is recorded as William Alwyn[6].
  • The Smallest Show on Earth's genre is recorded as comedy film[7].
  • The Smallest Show on Earth's cast member is recorded as Q862624[8].
  • The Smallest Show on Earth's cast member is recorded as Virginia Anne McKenna[9].
  • The Smallest Show on Earth's cast member is recorded as Peter Sellers[10].
  • The Smallest Show on Earth's cast member is recorded as Margaret Rutherford[11].
  • The Smallest Show on Earth's cast member is recorded as Bernard Miles[12].
  • The Smallest Show on Earth's cast member is recorded as Francis de Wolff[13].
  • The Smallest Show on Earth's cast member is recorded as Leslie Phillips[14].
  • The Smallest Show on Earth's producer is recorded as Sidney Gilliat[15].
  • The Smallest Show on Earth's producer is recorded as Frank Launder[16].
  • The Smallest Show on Earth's producer is recorded as Michael Relph[17].
  • The Smallest Show on Earth's production company is recorded as Hygienic Productions[18].
  • The Smallest Show on Earth's director of photography is recorded as Douglas Slocombe[19].
  • The Smallest Show on Earth's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0050985[20].
  • The Smallest Show on Earth's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[21].
  • The Smallest Show on Earth's color is recorded as black-and-white[22].
  • The Smallest Show on Earth's FilmAffinity film ID is recorded as 555191[23].
  • The Smallest Show on Earth's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[24].
  • The Smallest Show on Earth's publication date is recorded as +1957-01-01T00:00:00Z[25].
  • The Smallest Show on Earth's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04wr7_[26].
  • The Smallest Show on Earth's distributed by is recorded as British Lion Films[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Producers include Sidney Gilliat[15], Frank Launder[16], and Michael Relph[17]. The Smallest Show on Earth's director is recorded as Basil Dearden[4]. Its screenwriter is recorded as William Rose[5]. Cast members include Q862624[8], Virginia Anne McKenna[9], Peter Sellers[10], Margaret Rutherford[11], Bernard Miles[12], and Francis de Wolff[13].

Publication

The Smallest Show on Earth's publication date is recorded as +1957-01-01T00:00:00Z[25]. Its original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[21]. Its genre is recorded as comedy film[7].

Why It Matters

The Smallest Show on Earth ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (52 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

film Leslie Phillips Margaret Rutherford Peter Sellers United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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