On screen
Cast
44 credited performers
Laurence Olivier
MacHeath
Hugh Griffith
The Beggar
George Rose
1st Turnkey
Stuart Burge
1st Prisoner
Artwork unavailable
Cyril Conway
2nd Prisoner
Artwork unavailable
Gerald Lawson
3rd Prisoner
Dorothy Tutin
Polly Peachum
George Devine
Peachum
Mary Clare
Mrs. Peachum
Artwork unavailable
Edward Pryor
Filch
Athene Seyler
Mrs. Trapes
Stanley Holloway
Mr. Lockit
Daphne Anderson
Lucy Lockit
Eric Pohlmann
Inn Keeper
Yvonne Furneaux
Jenny Diver
Kenneth Williams
Jack the Pot Boy
Sandra Dorne
Sukey Tawdry
Laurence Naismith
Matt of the Mint
Artwork unavailable
Max Brent
A Drunkard
Artwork unavailable
Mercy Haystead
Dolly Trull
Patricia Raine
Mrs. Slammekin
Artwork unavailable
Jocelyn James
Molly Brazen
Artwork unavailable
Isabel George
Mrs. Vixen
Helen Christie
Betty Doxey
Artwork unavailable
John Kidd
2nd Turnkey
Artwork unavailable
Herbert C. Walton
3rd Turnkey
Artwork unavailable
Eugene Leahy
4th Turnkey
Artwork unavailable
Edgar Norfolk
5th Turnkey
Artwork unavailable
Oliver Hunter
2nd Chairman
Artwork unavailable
Madge Brindley
Gin Seller
Artwork unavailable
Felix Felton
Governor
Artwork unavailable
Denis Cannan
John, the Footman
Margot Grahame
The Actress
Artwork unavailable
Tamba Allen
Negro Page
Artwork unavailable
Terence Greenidge
Chaplain
Artwork unavailable
Billy Wells
Hangman
Artwork unavailable
Adele Leigh
Singing voice
Artwork unavailable
Jennifer Vyvyan
Singing voice
Artwork unavailable
Edith Coates
Singing voice
Artwork unavailable
Joan Cross
Singing voice
Artwork unavailable
John Cameron
Singer
Artwork unavailable
Bruce Boyce
Singing voice
Artwork unavailable
Alanna Boyce
Urchin
Artwork unavailable
John Baker
2nd Chairman