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67% Critic Match
Under the Big Top
“High flying adventure!”
6.7 / 10• 1938• 1h 3m•NR• English
RomanceDrama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Marjorie Main
Sara Post
Lead
Anne Nagel
Penny
Jack La Rue
Ricardo Le Grande
Grant Richards
Pablo Le Grande
George Cleveland
Joe
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Juba
Herbert Rawlinson
Herman
Charlene Wyatt
Penny (as a child)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Karl Brown's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Under the Big Top is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
