← Cinema Atlas
Discover great cinema and the connections that made it possible.
The Entertainer poster
UNITED KINGDOM · 1960

The Entertainer

Tony Richardson
British Kitchen Sink dysfunctional family music hall kitchen sink realism based on play or musical vaudeville performer
Stream on Criterion → ▶ Trailer
Synopsis

Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.

Year1960
CountryUnited Kingdom
DirectorTony Richardson
MovementBritish Kitchen Sink
Cinematic DNA

We haven't mapped this film's connections yet. Explore Tony Richardson's other work or films from United Kingdom below.

Cinema of United Kingdom →

More from Tony Richardson

United Kingdom · British Kitchen Sink
John Osborne and the Gift of Friendship (Tony Palmer
John Osborne and the Gift of Friendship (Tony Palmer
2006 · United Kingdom
Blue Sky
Blue Sky
1994 · United Kingdom
Joseph Andrews
Joseph Andrews
1977 · United Kingdom

Films with Similar Themes

dysfunctional family · music hall · kitchen sink realism · based on play or musical · vaudeville performer
Sweetie
Sweetie
1989 · Jane Campion
The Ceremony
The Ceremony
1971 · Nagisa Oshima
Bloody Mama
Bloody Mama
1970 · Roger Corman
Boy
Boy
1969 · Nagisa Oshima
National Lampoon's Vacation
National Lampoon's Vacation
1983 · Harold Ramis
Bad Santa 2
Bad Santa 2
2016 · Mark Waters

More from United Kingdom

Cinema of United Kingdom
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon
1975 · Stanley Kubrick
Pressure
Pressure
2026 · Anthony Maras
In the Grey
In the Grey
2026 · Guy Ritchie