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3 Ring Circus (1954)

APPROVED 103 min  -  Comedy  -   22 January 1955 (Japan)
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Another movie with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin. Jerry and Pete are two friends with no money, looking for some job... See full summary »

Director:

Joseph Pevney

Writer:

Don McGuire (story)

Stars:

Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis and Joanne Dru
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Dean Martin ...
Jerry Lewis ...
Joanne Dru ...
Zsa Zsa Gabor ...
Wallace Ford Wallace Ford ...
Sig Ruman Sig Ruman ...
Colonel Fritz Schlitz
Gene Sheldon Gene Sheldon ...
Nick Cravat Nick Cravat ...
Timmy
Elsa Lanchester ...
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Storyline

Another movie with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin. Jerry and Pete are two friends with no money, looking for some job. They finally find one as workers in a circus, but Jerry has different dreams. He wants to become a clown... Written by Chris Makrozahopoulos <makzax@hotmail.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

Circus | Crosley Automobile | Handicapped Child | Beautiful Woman | Circus Performer  | See more »

Taglines:

Tame a lion. Get shot out of a cannon. Wash an elephant. Jerrico will do anything to become a circus clown.

Genres:

Comedy

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Jerrico, the Wonder Clown See more »

Filming Locations:

McKinley Home for Boys - 13840 Riverside Drive, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono (Perspecta Sound encoding) (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Trivia

In August 1955 writers George Beck and Samuel Locke filed a $65,000 infringement lawsuit against Paramount and Hal B. Wallis, claiming that Wallis had hired them to write a circus story for Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, entitled Big Top, which Wallis later rejected. The disposition of the suit is not known. See more »

Connections

Featured in 100 Years of Comedy (1997) See more »

Soundtracks

"Time to Shave"
(uncredited)
Performed by Jerry Lewis See more »