Movie: Curtain Up

Top 10 Billed Cast

Robert Morley
Robert Morley

W.H. 'Harry' Derwent Blacker

Margaret Rutherford
Margaret Rutherford

Catherine Beckwith / Jeremy St. Claire

Kay Kendall
Kay Kendall

Sandra Beverley

Michael Medwin
Michael Medwin

Jerry Winterton

Liam Gaffney
Liam Gaffney

Norwood Beverley

Olive Sloane
Olive Sloane

Maud Baron

Lloyd Lamble
Lloyd Lamble

Jackson

Charlotte Mitchell
Charlotte Mitchell

Daphne Ray

Charles Lamb
Charles Lamb

George

Constance Lorne
Constance Lorne

Sarah Stebbins

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    In a small town in the 1950s a repertory company meets on Monday morning to start rehearsing the following week's play. This is a ghastly thing written by the aunt of one of the theatre's directors. The producer doesn't try to hide his annoyance about it, and is further exercised when the authoress herself arrives to help. The cast have to try and sort out real-life problems that keep intruding as they wrestle with the play's dire dialogue.

  • Release Date

    1952-03-12

  • Average

    7.2

  • Rating:

    3.6 starts
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    English
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