Fixer Dugan

Apr 21, 1939

1h 1m

★ 6.5

POPULAR STARS teamed again...against the colorful backdrop of the big top!

Overview

Charlie Dugan is a quick-thinking boss of a traveling circus playing small towns in Missouri and Kansas.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

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Cast

Charlie "Fixer" Dugan

Lee Tracy

Ethel "Terry" O'Connell

Virginia Weidler

Aggie Moreno

Peggy Shannon

A.J. Barvin

Bradley Page

Smiley

William Edmunds

Jake

Edward Gargan

Frank Darlow

Vinton Hayworth

Patricia O'Connell

Rita La Roy

Jane

Irene Franklin

Steve

John Dilson

Mrs. Fletcher

Edythe Elliott

Ringmaster

Jack Baxley

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