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| Anton Diffring | ... | Dr. Schuler | |
| Erika Remberg | ... | Elissa Caro | |
| Yvonne Monlaur | ... | Nicole Vanet | |
| Donald Pleasence | ... | Vanet | |
| Jane Hylton | ... | Angela | |
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Kenneth Griffith | ... | Martin |
| Conrad Phillips | ... | Insp. Arthur Ames | |
| Jack Gwillim | ... | Supt. Andrews | |
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Vanda Hudson | ... | Magda von Meck |
| Yvonne Romain | ... | Melina | |
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Colette Wilde | ... | Evelyn Morley Finsbury |
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William Mervyn | ... | Doctor Morley |
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John Merivale | ... | Edward Finsbury |
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Peter Swanwick | ... | German Police Inspector Knopf |
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Carla Challoner | ... | Nicole Vanet - Child |
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In 1947 England, a plastic surgeon must beat a hasty retreat to France when one of his patients has ghastly problems with her surgery. Once there, he operates on a circus owner's daughter, deformed by bombs from the war. Later he becomes the owner of the circus, and continues transforming disfigured women into the beautiful stars of his show. The police and a nosy reporter (as well as Scotland Yard) become interested when the women who want out of the circus begin dying in freak accidents, and they begin suspecting the good doctor is responsible. Written by Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
Plot Keywords:
circus | prostitute | basque | scantily clad female | charity benefit |Taglines:
For ever stranger thrills...he turned the greatest show on earth into a... See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
April 1960 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
Phantom of the Circus See more »Company Credits
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Runtime:
(DVD)Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1
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(uncredited)
Music by John Philip Sousa
Arranged by Muir Mathieson
Played during the opening credits and at the beginning of the Berlin sequence
Also played at the end of the knife-throwing act
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Did You Know?
Trivia
The circus used in this movie was that of Billy Smart's Circus, one of the three big tenting circuses in the United Kingdom at the time of filming. The external scenes were filmed on Clapham Common. See more »Goofs
When Magda meets her fate, close shots from behind show the wheel still spinning, with her on it, intercut with a distant shot showing people crowding around the wheel which is static. See more »Quotes
Dr. Rossiter, alias Dr. Bernard Schueler: Quick, get her to a doctor. And send the clowns in.See more »
Soundtracks
The Liberty Bell(uncredited)
Music by John Philip Sousa
Arranged by Muir Mathieson
Played during the opening credits and at the beginning of the Berlin sequence
Also played at the end of the knife-throwing act
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Fairly routine circus horror story well executed. There are a few scenes featuring the lady rope swinger set to bizarre music that are really breathtaking. The story concerns some radical plastic surgeons (with possible nazi connections) who take over a circus and populate it entirely with their patients/victims, who are killed one by one. Beautiful color photography. Anchor Bay has a very nice DVD of this one that fans should pick up.