THE BIG CIRCUS (1959)
A circus owner, played by Victor Mature, sets about getting his circus out of financial problems, and the story revolves around all the crises that occur in the process.
Cast
Victor Mature - Henry Jasper 'Hank' Whirling
Red Buttons - Randy Sherman
Rhonda Fleming - Helen Harrison
Kathryn Grant - Jeannie Whirling
Vincent Price - Hans Hagenfeld
Peter Lorre - Skeeter
David Nelson - Tommy Gordon
Adele Mara - Maria 'Mama' Colino
Howard McNear - Mr. Lomax
Charles Watts - Jonathan Nelson
Steve Allen - Cameo appearance
Gilbert Roland - The aerialist, Zach Colino
George Cisar - Bill, a Reporter
Franklyn Farnum - Photographer
Sam Harris - Circus Stockholder
James Nolan - Police Lieutenant
Dick Rich - Circus Saboteur
Barry Seltzer - Small boy on steps of Bank
John Wald - Himself, Commentator at Niagara Falls
Geraldine Wall - Reporter
Eden Hartford - Showgirl
Fay Alexander - Stuntman for Gilbert Roland
Del Graham (The Flying Viennas) - Double for David Nelson
Nesdon Booth - uncredited
Production Crew
Producer - Irwin Allen
Director - Joseph M. Newman
Screenplay - Irwin Allen, Charles Bennett, Irving Wallace
Story - Irwin Allen
Director of Photography - Winton Hoch, A.S.C.
Music Composed and Conducted by - Paul Sawtell, Bert Shefter
Song "The Big Circus" by Sammy Fain, Francis Webster
Production Manager - Lowell J. Farrell
Art Director - Albert D'Agostino
Costume Designer - Paul Zastupnevich, C.D.G.
Choreographer - Barbette
Production Illustrator - Maurice Zuberano
Construction Supervisor - Burt Dreyer
Film Editor - Adrienne Fazan, A.C.E.
Assistant Director - William McGarry
Script Supervisor - Irva Ross
Makeup - William Tuttle
Hairdressing
- Sydney Guilaroff
Sound Effects Editors - Finn Ulback,
Bert Schoenfeld
Technicolor Color Consultant - Morgan Padelford
Optical Effects - Robert R. Hoag
Set Decorator -
Robert Priestley
Recording Supervisor - Franklin Milton
Sound - Conrad Kahn
Music Editor - Audray Granville
Technical Advisor - Jimmie Wood
Stunt adviser - Bob Yerkes
Stunt coordinator - Fred Carson
Trivia
- John Wald was a radio announcer who occasionally appeared in movies.
- Fay Alexander and Bob Yerkes and their wives (Rose and Dorothy) were the "Flying Alexanders" trapeze act.
