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The Beggar's Opera full movie is released on Oct 05, 1953. Watch The Beggar's Opera online - the English Crime movie from United Kingdom. The Beggar's Opera is directed by Peter Brook and created by John Gay with Laurence Olivier and Hugh Griffith. The Beggar's Opera is available online on Apple TV and Amazon Video.
Authentic rendering of John Gay's eighteenth century musical, filmed in Technicolor, about Captain MacHeath, a highwayman, and his love for too many beautiful women. Betrayed by Jenny and Sukey, two of his bygone lovers, and temporarily freed by two others, MacHeath is arrested and condemned to death. While waiting to be hanged, the Captain is entertained by a musical beggar, who has written an opera of which the highwayman is the hero.