Circus World (film)
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| Directed by | Henry Hathaway |
| Produced by | Samuel Bronston |
| Screenplay by |
Ben Hecht Julian Halevy James Edward Grant |
| Story by |
Bernard Gordon Nicholas Ray |
| Starring |
John Wayne Claudia Cardinale Rita Hayworth Lloyd Nolan John Smith Richard Conte |
| Music by | Dimitri Tiomkin |
| Cinematography | Jack Hildyard |
| Edited by | Dorothy Spencer |
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Paramount Pictures (US) Rank Organization (UK) |
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135 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $9 million (estimate) |
| Box office | $1,550,000 (US/ Canada) |
Circus World (released as The Magnificent Showman in the United Kingdom) is a 1964 drama film starring John Wayne, Claudia Cardinale and Rita Hayworth. It was directed by Henry Hathaway and produced by Samuel Bronston, with a screenplay by Ben Hecht, Julian Halevy and James Edward Grant, from a story by Bernard Gordon and Nicholas Ray.
The film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Song for Dimitri Tiomkin and Ned Washington (lyrics), while Rita Hayworth was nominated for the Best Actress award.
Matt Masters (John Wayne), a Wild West circus star in the mold of Buffalo Bill Cody, bought a bankrupt circus in 1885 and successfully rebuilt it into a combination three ring and Wild West extravaganza, mixing Wild West Show acts with conventional circus acts in a winning combination. He has successfully toured the United States for more than a decade. Now that the century is about to turn, he wants to take his show to Europe.
His Circus Boss, Cap Carson (Lloyd Nolan), is against taking the show across the Atlantic. He maintains that Europe is bad luck for American circuses. He also calls Matt on his reason for making a European tour: Masters wants to find the lost great love of his life, Lili Alfredo (Rita Hayworth), and figures that this tour will smoke her out if for no other reason than to see her child, Toni Alfredo (Claudia Cardinale), Masters' adopted daughter. One of his Western stars and wannabe-partner, Steve McCabe (John Smith), also attempts to dissuade Masters, but to no avail. Masters buys a freighter, renames her the Circus Maximus, and the show sails for Europe.
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