14 February 1953 Drama, Music 109 mins
The career of W. S. Gilbert, a barrister turned comic librettist, and Arthur Sullivan, a composer turned against his will to light music, who together wrote fifteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, to great public acclaim.
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Robert Morley as William S. Gilbert
Maurice Evans as Arthur Sullivan
Eileen Herlie as Helen D'Oyly Carte
Peter Finch as Richard D'Oyly Carte
Martyn Green as George Grossmith
Dinah Sheridan as Grace Marston
Isabel Dean as Mrs. Gilbert
Wilfrid Hyde-White as Mr. Marston
Muriel Aked as Queen Victoria
Michael Ripper as Louis
Bernadette O'Farrell as Jessie Bond
Frank Williams as Singer Rehearsing
Sidney Gilliat Director
Sidney Gilliat Writer
Christopher Challis Director of Photography
Leslie Bailey Writer
Hein Heckroth Production Design
Gerald Turney-Smith Editor
Ray Hearne Still Photographer
Gilbert and Sullivan Trailer
The Great Gilbert and Sullivan Trailer
United Kingdom 14 February 1953
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