Circus of Fear (1966)
Directed by Werner Jacobs / John Llewellyn Moxey
Genres - Mystery, Thriller |
Sub-Genres - Detective Film, Whodunit |
Run Time - 65 min. |
Countries - Germany, United Kingdom |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan
Based on an Edgar Wallace murder mystery this chiller centers on a Scotland Yard investigation of a series of puzzling deaths plaguing a traveling circus and the hunt for loot stolen from an armored car robbery. Suspects include the mask-wearing and disfigured lion tamer, a vengeful ringmaster, an insanely jealous knife-thrower, and a blackmailing dwarf called "Mr. Big." The film is also known as Circus of Fear. A German version was shot simultaneously with Psycho-Circus but used a different director. Though available in color in Great Britain, most of the American copies of the film are in black-and-white.
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killing, armored-car, blackmail, Britain, carnival, corpse, daughter, death, father, fear, hidden, investigation, investigator, jealousy, knife, loot, mask [disguise], murder, psychopath, scar, Scotland-Yard, secrets, stalking, suspect
