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)