| The Big Circus | |
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| Directed by | Joseph M. Newman |
| Screenplay by | Irwin Allen Charles Bennett Irving Wallace |
| Story by | Irwin Allen |
| Produced by | Irwin Allen |
| Starring | Victor Mature Red Buttons Rhonda Fleming Kathryn Grant Vincent Price Peter Lorre David Nelson Gilbert Roland |
| Cinematography | Winton Hoch |
| Edited by | Adrienne Fazan |
| Music by | Paul Sawtell Bert Shefter |
| Distributed by | Allied Artists Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 108–109 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2 million[1] |
| Box office | $2.7 million (est. US/ Canada rentals)[2] |
The Big Circus is a 1959 American drama film directed by Joseph M. Newman and starring Victor Mature as a circus owner struggling with financial trouble and a murderous unknown saboteur. It was produced and cowritten by Irwin Allen, later known for a series of big-budget disaster films.[3]
- ^ "Broidy: AA Looms in Black for '59". Variety. March 25, 1959. p. 7. Retrieved June 16, 2019 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "1959: Probable Domestic Take", Variety, 6 January 1960 p 34
- ^ MoMA