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Bookmark this pageThe Big Circus (1959)
Director: Joseph M Newman
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From Time Out Film Guide
Hitchcock's old scriptwriter from Blackmail, Charles Bennett, worked on the screenplay of this pleasing big-top melodrama. Circus owner Mature is left bankrupt when his erstwhile partners walk out on him. He begs a bank loan and puts the show back on the road. But somebody is out to get him. The story is straggly but there are plenty of incidental pleasures: Peter Lorre does a turn as a clown, and matters close with a walk across Niagara Falls.Author: GM
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Cast & crew
Director: Joseph M Newman
Producer: Irwin Allen
Cast: Victor Mature, Red Buttons, Rhonda Fleming, Kathryn Grant, Vincent Price, Peter Lorre full cast
Duration: 108 mins
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