Circus World (1964)
40 %
Reviews Counted: 5 Fresh: 2 Rotten:3 Average Rating: 5.1/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 15 mins
Synopsis: Hollywood's take on the big-top life as the Duke shepherds his three-ring extravaganza through a European tour while searching for the aerialist he loved and lost - the mother of his daughter. Plenty of real circus performers and excitement balance the melodrama.... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: John Wayne, Rita Hayworth, Claudia Cardinale, Richard Conte, John Smith
Director: Henry Hathaway
Screenwriter: Ben Hecht, Julian Halevy, James Edward Grant, Bernard Gordon
Producer: Samuel Bronston
Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
Screenwriter: Ben Hecht, Julian Halevy, James Edward Grant, Bernard Gordon
Producer: Samuel Bronston
Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
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This big, sprawling film, beautifully filmed in Cinerama, has Wayne as the owner/manager of a small-time circus.
10/22/07
John Wayne goes to the Big Top in a Samuel Bronston produced film that has the Duke's role custom-made to fit his rooting-tooting western persona.
03/05/06
Heaven help all those other people who, deep down, remain to be convinced of the irresistibility of the circus. They're in for a terrible jolt.
05/09/05
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