Mack the Knife

• Director: Menahem Golan
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Crime
• Main Cast: Raul Julia, Richard Harris, Julia Migenes, Roger Daltrey, Julie Walters
• Release Year: 1989
• Country: US
• Run Time: 121 minutes
• MPAA Rating: PG13

Plot

This film adaptation of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's musical play The Threepenny Opera portrays the engagement of a gangster (Raul Julia) to an innocent girl (Rachel Robertson) in Victorian-era London. The girl's family attempts to thwart the marriage by catching the thief in the act. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Raul Julia - MacHeath
• Richard Harris - Mr. Peachum
• Julia Migenes - Jenny Diver
• Roger Daltrey - Street Singer
• Julie Walters - Mrs. Peachum

Rachel Robertson - Polly Peachum; Clive Revill - Money Matthew; Bill Nighy - Tiger Brown; Erin Donovan - Lucy Brown; Julie T. Wallace - Coaxer; Russel Gold - Hookfinger Jake; Roy Holder - Wally the Weeper; Dong Ji Hong - Sukey Tawdry; Sandor Kaposi - Organ Grinder; Chrissie Kendall - Betty; Steven Law - Sergeant Smith; Clive Mantle - Johnny Ladder; Mark Northover - Jimmy Jewels; Louise Plowright - Dolly; Iain Rogerson - Filch; Peter Rutherford - Warden; Elizabeth Seal - Molly; John Woodnut - Reverend Kimball; Miranda Garrison - Esmerelda

Credit

Daivd Toguri - Choreography, John Bloomfield - Costume Designer, Menahem Golan - Director, Alain Jakubowicz - Editor, Dov Seltzer - Musical Direction/Supervision, Menahem Golan - Songwriter, Dov Seltzer - Songwriter, Christine Allsopp - Makeup, Tivadar Bertalan - Production Designer, Elemer Ragalyi - Cinematographer, Stanley Chase - Producer, Miklos Hajdu - Set Designer, Tamas Pinter - Stunts, Menahem Golan - Screenwriter, Marc Blitzstein - Featured Music, Bertolt Brecht - Featured Music, Kurt Weill - From Musical by, Bertolt Brecht - Play Author

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