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The Big Circus

Year:

1959

Duration:

109 min

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

6.4

Director:

Joseph M. Newman

Awards:

1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1959-07-05

Cast

Actor

Character

J. Edward McKinley

Victor Mature

Henry Jasper 'Hank' Whirling

Red Buttons

Randy Sherman

Rhonda Fleming

Helen Harrison

Kathryn Grant

Jeannie Whirling

Vincent Price

Hans Hagenfeld

Gilbert Roland

Zach Colino - the aerialist

Peter Lorre

Skeeter

David Nelson

Tommy Gordon

Adele Mara

Maria 'Mama' Colino

Howard McNear

Mr. Lomax

Charles Watts

Jonathan T. Nelson - Banker

Steve Allen

Himself - Cameo appearance

Fay Alexander

Trapeze Artist (uncredited)

James Bacon

James Bacon - Reporter (uncredited)

Nesdon Booth

Jules Borman - Rival Circus Owner (uncredited)

George Cisar

Bill - Reporter (uncredited)

Diane Davis

Minor Role (uncredited)

Anne Dore

Minor Role (uncredited)

Sam Harris

Bank Board Member (uncredited)

Eden Hartford

Minor Role (uncredited)

Michael Jeffers

Photographer (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

Reporter (uncredited)

Donald Kerr

Circus Concessionaire (voice) (uncredited)

Mike Lally

Onlooker at Niagara Falls (uncredited)

Vera Lee

Minor Role (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness

Bank Board Member (uncredited)

Gene Mendez

Trapeze Artist (uncredited)

James Nolan

Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

Dick Rich

Jim Slade - Circus Saboteur

Marion Ross

Minor Role (uncredited)

Patti Saunders

Minor Role (uncredited)

Barry Seltzer

Small Boy on Steps of Bank (uncredited)

Charles Sherlock

Jack - Photographer (uncredited)

John Wald

John Wald - Commentator at Niagara Falls (uncredited)

Geraldine Wall

Reporter (uncredited)

Bob Yerkes

Circus Performer (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

David Nelson was cast due to his clean-cut image from his years on the television series The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (1952). Using him in the role of Tommy made the character the one the audience would least suspect.

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Final film of veteran character actor Dick Rich--he worked exclusively on television until his retirement in 1961.

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Goofs

In the climactic trapeze act near the end, Zach and Jeannie are repeatedly shown standing on the opposite side of the stationary platform in long shots from where they're standing in close-ups.

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While Red Buttons flirts around the shooting range, a small boy in a checked shirt behind him disappears and reappears between shots.

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The human cannonball is shown climbing up the cannon, kneeling at the top, then swinging around and sliding into its mouth. In the next shot, showing the net in the foreground and the cannon behind, he's seen at the top of the cannon, swinging around and sliding into its mouth a second time.

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