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The Big Show

The Big Show

The BIG Spectacle! The BIG Excitement! The BIG Drama!

1961•1h 53m•5.0/10
Drama

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5.0/10(4)

A European circus family is torn apart by greed and jealousy.

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Production

Associated Producers

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Esther Williams

Esther Williams

Hillary Allen

Cliff Robertson

Cliff Robertson

Josef Everard

Nehemiah Persoff

Nehemiah Persoff

Bruno Everard

Robert Vaughn

Robert Vaughn

Klaus Everard

Margia Dean

Margia Dean

Carlotta Martinez

David Nelson

David Nelson

Eric Solden

Renate Mannhardt

Renate Mannhardt

Teresa Vizzini

Carol Christensen

Garda Everard

Kurt Pecher

Hans Everard

Franco Andrei

Franco Andrei

Fredrik Everard

Peter Capell

Peter Capell

Pietro Vizzini

Stefan Schnabel

Stefan Schnabel

Lawyer

Carleton Young

Carleton Young

Judge Richter

Philo Hauser

Philo Hauser

Ringmaster

Mariza Tomic

Fraustein

Gerd Vespermann

Prosecutor (as Gerd Versperman)

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