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Circus of Horrors( 1960)

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Spectacular Towering Terror! One man's lust...made men into beasts, stripped women of their souls!

Overview

A plastic surgeon and his nurse join a bizarre circus to escape from the police. Here he befriends deformed women and transforms them for his "Temple of Beauty". However, when they threaten to leave, they meet with mysterious accidents.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Anton Diffring

      Dr. Schuler

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      Erika Remberg

      Elissa Caro

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      Yvonne Monlaur

      Nicole Vanet

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      Donald Pleasence

      Vanet

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      Jane Hylton

      Angela

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      Kenneth Griffith

      Martin

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      Conrad Phillips

      Inspector Arthur Ames

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      Jack Gwillim

      Supt. Andrews

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      Vanda Hudson

      Magda von Meck

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      Yvonne Romain

      Melina

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      Colette Wilde

      Evelyn Morley

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      William Mervyn

      Dr. Morley

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      Peter Swanwick

      Inspector Knopf

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      Carla Challoner

      Nicole (as a Child)

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      Kenny Baker

      Dwarf

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      Walter Gotell

      Baron Von Gruber

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      Kenneth J. Warren

      First Roustabout

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      Jack Carson

      Chief Eagle Eye

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      Glyn Houston

      Carnival Barker (uncredited)

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      Reg Thomason

      Roustabout (uncredited)

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      Arthur Dibbs

      Circus Audience Member (uncredited)

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    A review by Wuchak

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    Written by Wuchak on Tue Mar 24 2020
    ***Lurid, comic booky circus flick with myriad beautiful women, wild animals and devious murders*** A couple years after WW2 an English plastic surgeon (Anton Diffring) flees to France with his two cronies (Kenneth Griffith & Jane Hylton) and ends up going into the circus business. A dozen years later he has a successful traveling show that’s notorious as The Jinxed Circus, which draws the suspicions of an inspector (Conrad Phillips). “Circus of Horrors” (1960) is like a thriller comic book version of “The Greatest Show on Earth” (1952). It’s similar to “Circus of Fear,” aka “Psych...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • circus
    • series of murders
    • plastic surgeon
    • unethical doctor