The Big Circus

The Big Circus

6.6IMDb Score
Released:1959-07-05
Genre:Drama
Duration:109 min
Director:Joseph M. Newman
Actors:Victor Mature, Red Buttons, Rhonda Fleming, Kathryn Grant, Vincent Price
Production:Irwin Allen Productions, Allied Artists Pictures

Overview:

A circus owner tries to keep his financially troubled circus on the road, despite the efforts of a murderous saboteur who has decided that the show must not go on.

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