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Ted Sherdeman (writer)
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7 August 1961 (Sweden) more
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A thrilling story that takes you behind the scenes of "The Big Top!" more
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The Bears! more (3 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Esther Williams | ... | Hillary Allen |
 | Cliff Robertson | ... | Josef Everard |
 | Nehemiah Persoff | ... | Bruno Everard |
 | Robert Vaughn | ... | Klaus Everard |
 | Margia Dean | ... | Carlotta Martinez |
| David Nelson | ... | Eric Solden |
| Carol Christensen | ... | Garda Everard |
| Kurt Pecher | ... | Hans Everard |
| Renate Mannhardt | ... | Teresa Vizzini |
| Franco Andrei | ... | Fredrik Everard |
| Peter Capell | ... | Pietro Vizzini |
 | Stefan Schnabel | ... | Lawyer |
| Carleton Young | ... | Judge Richter |
| Philo Hauser | ... | Ringmaster |
| Mariza Tomic | ... | Fraustein |
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113 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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'Esther Williams(I)'' last major movie. more
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Version of House of Strangers (1949) more
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A good cast struggles with a silly, mawkish script about how the children of tyrannical circus owner Nehemiah Persoff struggle for control of the circus -- a remake of HOUSE OF STRANGERS -- and the result is boring, but some pretty shots of mountains and great animal acts -- including trained polar bears and hippopotomi -- make this worth seeing at least once.
The casting is interesting. Esther Williams is present for star power, even though, as others have noted, wet she's a star, dry she's nothing. The rest of the cast is excellent, including Robert Vaughn and Cliff Robertson before they hit it big, but they aren't given much help in direction. Still the animal acts may make this worth your time.