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Billy Rose's Jumbo

  • 1962
  • Approved
  • 2h 3m
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6.1/10
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Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante, and Martha Raye in Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
A debt-ridden circus is saved by a well-meaning but inept publicity man.
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A debt-ridden circus is saved by a well-meaning but inept publicity man.A debt-ridden circus is saved by a well-meaning but inept publicity man.A debt-ridden circus is saved by a well-meaning but inept publicity man.

  • Director
    • Charles Walters
  • Writers
    • Ben Hecht
    • Charles MacArthur
    • Sidney Sheldon
  • Stars
    • Doris Day
    • Jimmy Durante
    • Stephen Boyd
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    1.6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Charles Walters
    • Writers
      • Ben Hecht
      • Charles MacArthur
      • Sidney Sheldon
    • Stars
      • Doris Day
      • Jimmy Durante
      • Stephen Boyd
    • 57User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 9 nominations total

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    Jimmy Durante in Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
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    Doris Day in Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
    Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante, and Martha Raye in Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
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    Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante, and Martha Raye in Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
    Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante, and Martha Raye in Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
    Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
    Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, and Jimmy Durante in Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
    Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante, and Martha Raye in Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)

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    Doris Day
    Doris Day
    • Kitty Wonder
    Jimmy Durante
    Jimmy Durante
    • Anthony 'Pop' Wonder
    Stephen Boyd
    Stephen Boyd
    • Sam Rawlins
    Martha Raye
    Martha Raye
    • Lulu
    Dean Jagger
    Dean Jagger
    • John Noble
    Joseph Waring
    • Harry
    Lynn Wood
    • Tina
    Charles Watts
    • Ellis
    James Chandler
    James Chandler
    • Parsons
    Robert Burton
    Robert Burton
    • Madison
    Wilson Wood
    • Hank
    Norman Leavitt
    Norman Leavitt
    • Eddie
    Grady Sutton
    Grady Sutton
    • Driver
    Ron Henon
    • Circus Performer
    The Carlisles
    • Circus Performers
    The Pedrolas
    • Circus Performers
    Wazzan Troupe
    • Circus Performers
    • (as The Wazzans)
    Poodles Hanneford
    Poodles Hanneford
    • Circus Performers
    • (as The Hannefords)
    • Director
      • Charles Walters
    • Writers
      • Ben Hecht
      • Charles MacArthur
      • Sidney Sheldon
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      This movie was based on Billy Rose's 1935 Hippodrome extravaganza and one of Rose's stipulations in negotiating the screen rights was that his name be featured in the title.
    • Goofs
      Lulu somehow manages to come out of the cannon backwards - the opposite way to how she entered.
    • Quotes

      Kitty Wonder: [When fortune teller Lulu is reading her palm] Do you really see somebody?

      Lulu: Yes! He's tall, dark...

      Kitty Wonder: ...and handsome? You are such a faker! Do you ever see someone short, fat and ugly?

      Lulu: Yep... in the mirror!

    • Connections
      Featured in 7 Nights to Remember (1966)
    • Soundtracks
      Why Can't I?
      Music by Richard Rodgers

      Lyrics by Lorenz Hart

      Performed by Doris Day and Martha Raye

    User reviews57

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    6/10
    About 10 Years Too Late in Adaptation
    The MGM musical circus had left Culver City a few years earlier by the time the studio decided to film this 1930s stage extravaganza. The result is bright and competent enough (and it retains most of the wonderful Rodgers & Hart songs), but ten years earlier the Arthur Freed Unit would have sharpened up the book, included a lot more dancing and had a superior leading man (Stephen Boyd is a disaster in this movie). Doris Day sings the standards very well, and - stealing the film - Jimmy Durante (who gives a glorious rendition of "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World") and Martha Raye are memorable in support.
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    • Dec 14, 2002

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 19, 1962 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Jumbo
    • Filming locations
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Euterpe
      • Arwin Productions
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    • Budget
      • $5,256,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 3 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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