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The Big Circus is a american film of genre Drama directed by Irwin Allen released in USA on 5 july 1959 with Victor Mature

The Big Circus (1959)

The Big Circus
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Released in USA 5 july 1959
Length 1h48
Directed by ,    
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Rating62% 3.100273.100273.100273.100273.10027

The Big Circus is a 1959 film starring Victor Mature as a circus owner struggling with financial trouble and a murderous unknown saboteur. It was produced and co-written by Irwin Allen, later known for a series of big-budget disaster films.

Synopsis

Hank Whirling (Mature) needs a bank loan to keep his Whirling Circus going. He gets it from a stuffy New York City bank, but only on the condition he take along accountant Randy Sherman (Red Buttons) and publicist Helen Harrison (Rhonda Fleming) to help the circus turn a profit.

Actors

Victor Mature

(Henry Jasper 'Hank' Whirling)Red Buttons

(Randy Sherman)Rhonda Fleming

(Helen Harrison)Vincent Price

(Hans Hagenfeld)Kathryn Crosby

(Jeannie Whirling)
And :
Peter Lorre
Gilbert Roland
David Nelson
Adele Mara
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