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The Big Circus

1959 · 109 min

A colorful, old-fashioned backstage melodrama with a lurking threat, mixing circus spectacle, mild suspense, and earnest romance.

Tagline
Hear the New Song Hit! "THE BIG CIRCUS"
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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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • family
  • ambition
  • betrayal
  • redemption
Places
  • road trip
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour4
Realism7
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Joseph M. Newman
Written by
Charles Bennett, Irving Wallace, Irwin Allen
Starring
Victor Mature, Red Buttons, Rhonda Fleming, Kathryn Grant, Vincent Price, Gilbert Roland, Peter Lorre, David Nelson
Cinematography
Winton C. Hoch
Runtime
109 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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