7/10
CLAUSTROPHOBIC CARNY-NOIR...MURDER AND CHEESECAKE...LITTLE PEOPLE AND BIG GIRLS
1 September 2021
A Side-Light to this Low-Life Display of Carny Folks Cramped in Their Environment, is the Debut of Super-Star Steve McQueen.

Actually its about 10 Seconds of Screen-Time at the Very Beginning on the Midway Trying to "Ring the Bell".

The Film's Tricky Camera Set-Ups, in such Limited Space is Above and Beyond Expectations in such a Low-Budget Shoot.

The Sleazy Characters (mostly the cops) Intermingle with the Seedy Carny's as a Newspaper Man (Richard Coogan) is Hiding Out with His Girl-Friend Behind the Scenes and Under the Tent.

Coogan is Best Known for Being TV's First "Captain Video". He does Fine Work in this Sexploitation Entry.

The "Girl On the Run" is His Girl (Rosemary Pettit) who Shows some Gravitas.

Edith King as the "Matron" has a Pivotal Role and is quite a Contrast to all the Bare-Skin Slinking In and Out of the Frame.

The Headliner "Gi-Gi" is the Prettiest, Representing an Attractive Enough "Girlie Mag" Model.

The Rest of the Undressed Girls Perhaps should have Stayed Dressed.

The Manager of the Carnival is a Little Person (Charles Bollender). He is in a Lot of Scenes and Measures Up to the other Regular ""Real" Size Persons on Screen.

Overall, it's a Grind-House Hour Peeking In on the "Others" that Live and Breath Saw-Dust and Road Dirt.

Along the Way it's Decorated with some Scantily-Clad Females.

The Real Reason any Movie Theatre Tickets were Sold.
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