Under the Big Top
5.7
“High flying adventure!”
Director Karl Brown's 1938 circus drama stars Marjorie Main as a tough, fur-coat-wearing circus boss who raises her orphaned niece to be a trapeze star.
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Cast
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Marjorie Main
Sara Post
Known for
Heaven Can Wait
Meet Me in St. Louis
Anne Nagel
Penny
Known for
Black Friday
The Invisible Woman
Jack La Rue
Ricardo Le Grande
Known for
A Farewell to Arms
Captains Courageous
Grant Richards
Pablo Le Grande
Also in
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
Guns Girls and Gangsters
George Cleveland
Joe
Known for
Lassie
It Happened Tomorrow
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Juba
Known for
Way Out West
Remember the Night
Herbert Rawlinson
Herman
Known for
Jail Bait
Dark Victory
Charlene Wyatt
Penny (as a child)
Also in
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Michael O'Halloran
Harry Harvey
McCarthy
Known for
Ace in the Hole
They Live by Night
Betty Compson
Marie
Known for
The Docks of New York
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Rolfe Sedan
Pierre
Known for
Ninotchka
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Karl Brown Director · Marion Orth Screenplay Llewellyn Hughes Story
United States release August 31, 1938 · Produced in United States · Working title The Circus Comes to Town
Production
Monogram Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
The Circus Comes to Town
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 31, 1938
Theatrical
Portugal
April 19, 1943 · Theatrical
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