Saturday, August 6, 2011

The Big Circus (1959)


Allied Artists
Directed by Joseph M. Newman
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Archive Collection)

The seeds of the Irwin Allen disaster formula were planted right here: melodramatics against a backdrop of something bigger than life, here the circus, which is facing all kinds of difficulties. An unknown saboteur causes train wrecks, fires and lets a lion loose. Floods threaten to ruin the circus financially. However, Victor Mature is the owner-showman who always rises to the occasion. The circus itself is the real show, and maybe the lovely Kathryn Grant.

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