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Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)A Debt-ridden circus is saved by an well-meaning but inept publicity man Pop Wonder. Director:Charles Walters |
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Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)A Debt-ridden circus is saved by an well-meaning but inept publicity man Pop Wonder. Director:Charles Walters |
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Kitty Wonder
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| Stephen Boyd | ... |
Sam Rawlins
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| Jimmy Durante | ... |
Anthony 'Pop' Wonder
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Martha Raye | ... |
Lulu
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Dean Jagger | ... |
John Noble
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Joseph Waring | ... |
Harry
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Lynn Wood | ... |
Tina
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Charles Watts | ... |
Ellis
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James Chandler | ... |
Parsons
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Robert Burton | ... |
Madison
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Wilson Wood | ... |
Hank
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| Norman Leavitt | ... |
Eddie
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Grady Sutton | ... |
Driver
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Ron Henon | ... |
Circus Performer
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The Carlisles | ... |
Circus Performers
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It's the early 1900's. The Wonder Circus is a traveling circus owned and operated by Anthony Wonder - who performs as a clown - and his daughter Kitty Wonder - who performs as an aerialist and trick rider. Although Kitty loves her Pop as she and all the other circus performers call her father, she hates his gambling addiction which is placing the circus deep in debt. They and their employees treat the circus like one big family, especially Lulu the fortune teller who wants to be Mrs. Wonder, but the employees may only be so loyal if they aren't getting paid. As such, many of the performers leave or threaten to leave to join the Wonder Circus' main competitor, the Noble Circus owned by the power and money hungry John Noble. Although Pop and Kitty don't want anyone to leave their employ, the only act that they will never let go is Jumbo, their trained elephant, who Noble had tried to buy in the past... Written by Huggo
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