Carny

May 23, 1980

1h 47m

★ 6.4

When you're young and going nowhere... the Carny looks like a good way out.

Overview

Tired of being a small-town waitress, Donna departs with the latest carnival show, living with entertainers Frankie and Patch in a tense, emotional triangle.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Lorimar Productions

Carny Trailers

Cast

Frankie

Gary Busey

Donna

Jodie Foster

Patch

Robbie Robertson

Gerta

Meg Foster

Heavy St. John

Kenneth McMillan

On-Your-Mark

Elisha Cook Jr.

Doubles

Tim Thomerson

Nails

Teddy Wilson

Skeet

John Lehne

Marvin Dill

Bill McKinney

Delno Baptiste

Bert Remsen

Mickey

Craig Wasson

A magician in a carnival--who actually can read minds and levitate people and objects--works with a superintelligent chimp named Alex, who can also talk. The magician and the chimp soon become the stars of the carnival, drawing in big crowds. However, the wild-animal trainer, who has been displaced by the team as the carnival's top act, decides to kidnap Alex and sell him to a medical laboratory for experimentation, thereby getting rid of his competition.

6.6

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6.8

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4.6

The Pleasure

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4.9

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1.0

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6.8

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6.1

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5.3

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6.0

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4.9

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3.8

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7.4

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5.5

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2.9

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3.1

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7.0

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