3 Ring Circus
5.9
“Tame a lion. Get shot out of a cannon. Wash an elephant. Jerrico will do anything to become a circus clown.”
Jerry and Pete are two friends with no money and are looking for a job. They finally find employment working in a circus, but Jerry has different dreams. He wants to become a clown.
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Cast
17 people
Dean Martin
Pete Nelson
Known for
Rio Bravo
Ocean's Eleven
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Hotchkiss
Known for
The King of Comedy
The Nutty Professor
Joanne Dru
Jill Brent
Known for
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Red River
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Saadia
Known for
Moulin Rouge
Lili
Wallace Ford
Sam Morley
Known for
Freaks
Shadow of a Doubt
Elsa Lanchester
The Bearded Lady
Known for
Mary Poppins
Witness for the Prosecution
Sig Ruman
Fritz Schlitz
Known for
To Be or Not to Be
Ninotchka
Nick Cravat
Timmy
Known for
The Crimson Pirate
Run Silent, Run Deep
Kathleen Freeman
Custard Pie Gag Victim
Known for
Shrek
DuckTales
Robert 'Bob' Atterbury
The Great Nero(High Wire Walker)(uncredited)
George Boyce
Circus Clown(uncredited)
Also in
The Badlanders
Screaming Mimi
Chet Brandenburg
Circus Roustabout(uncredited)
Known for
You're Darn Tootin'
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
Joseph Pevney Director · Don McGuire Writer Walter Scharf Composer
Worldwide gross $4M · United States release December 22, 1954 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$4,000,000
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
Wallis-Hazen Inc.
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 22, 1954
Theatrical
Germany
May 27, 1955 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 5, 2004 · TV · SBS 6
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