The Entertainer

1960 drama film directed by Tony Richardson
Movie film Q1194909
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Summary

The Entertainer is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,292 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Tony Richardson[3]
  • Screenwriter: John Osborne[4], Nigel Kneale[5]
  • Composer: John Addison[6]
  • Genre: drama film[7]
  • Cast member: Laurence Olivier[8], Brenda De Banzie[9], Roger Livesey[10], Joan Plowright[11], Daniel Massey[12], Alan Bates[13], Albert Finney[14], Shirley Anne Field[15]
  • Producer: Harry Saltzman[16]
  • Director of photography: Oswald Morris[17]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[18]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[19]
  • Color: color[20], black-and-white[21]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[22]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1960[23]
  • Distributed by: British Lion Films[24], Netflix[25]
  • Film editor: Alan Osbiston[26]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actor[27]
  • Title: The Entertainer[28]
  • Duration: 96 minutes[29]
  • CNC film rating (France): no age restriction[30]

Why It Matters

The Entertainer has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  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.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . cnc.fr. Retrieved . cnc.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'de', 'en', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'id', 'it', 'ko', 'pt', 'ru', 'sh', '
    Ampas collections film id → W087653
    Sitelink count → 17
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Ampas collections film id: W087653, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290954|batch #290954]]"
  2. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → John Osborne, Nigel Kneale
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+96'}
    Rotten tomatoes id → m/20570
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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