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Under the Big Top

High flying adventure!

5.5

1h 3m

1938

“High flying adventure!”

Synopsis

Director Karl Brown's 1938 circus drama stars Marjorie Main as a tough, fur-coat-wearing circus boss who raises her orphaned niece to be a trapeze star.

Director

Karl Brown

RomanceDrama

love trianglecircusauntniece

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Cast & Crew

Marjorie Main

Marjorie Main

as Sara Post

Anne Nagel

Anne Nagel

as Penny

Jack La Rue

Jack La Rue

as Ricardo Le Grande

Grant Richards

Grant Richards

as Pablo Le Grande

George Cleveland

George Cleveland

as Joe

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

as Juba

Herbert Rawlinson

Herbert Rawlinson

as Herman

Charlene Wyatt

Charlene Wyatt

as Penny (as a child)

Harry Harvey

Harry Harvey

as McCarthy

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