Archie (Olivier) is de zoon van een legendarische komiek. Zelf moet hij genoegen nemen met een derderangs theatertje waar hij zijn grappen en grollen mag opvoeren. Verder bedriegt hij zijn vrouw en dwingt zijn zoon het leger in. Uiteindelijk krijgt hij zijn stervende vader zo ver om een laatste revue te financieren.
Nee, helaas is The Entertainer nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | John Osborne | Screenplay |
| Directing | Tony Richardson | Director |
| Writing | Nigel Kneale | Screenplay |
| Production | John Croydon | Associate Producer |
| Editing | Alan Osbiston | Editor |
| Production | R.L.M. Davidson | Production Manager |
| Writing | John Osborne | Theatre Play |
| Art | Ralph W. Brinton | Art Direction |
| Camera | Oswald Morris | Director of Photography |
| Production | Harry Saltzman | Producer |
| Sound | John Addison | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Maude Spector | Casting |
| Directing | Peter Yates | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tony Sforzini | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Denys N. Coop | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Basil Mannin | Scenic Artist |
| Camera | Michael Walter | Key Grip |
| Sound | Chris Greenham | Sound Editor |
| Art | Tony Woollard | Draughtsman |
| Camera | Ginger Gemmel | Camera Operator |
| Art | Edward Marshall | Assistant Art Director |
| Sound | Ken Ritchie | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Bob Jones | Sound |
| Camera | Mike Rutter | Clapper Loader |
| Directing | Roy Millichip | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | John Addison | Conductor |
| Crew | Fred Mannin | Scenic Artist |
| Sound | Ronald Cass | Music Director |
| Sound | Peter Handford | Sound |
| Camera | Ronnie Maasz | Focus Puller |
| Directing | Maggie Unsworth | Continuity |
| Sound | William Blezard | Music Arranger |
| Camera | Bert Cann | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jocelyn Rickards | Costume Designer |
| Production | Pat Moon | Production Secretary |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bill Griffiths | Hairdresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Gillett | Wardrobe Master |
| Directing | Michael Stevenson | Third Assistant Director |
| Directing | Honor Blair | Stage Director |
