Circus World

Jun 25, 1964

2h 23m

★ 6.1

John Wayne Wild Across the World!

Overview

Circus owner Matt Masters is beset by disasters as he attempts a European tour of his circus. At the same time, he is caught in an emotional bind between his adopted daughter and her mother.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Samuel Bronston Productions

Circus World Trailers

Cast

Matt Masters

John Wayne

Toni Alfredo

Claudia Cardinale

Lili Alfredo

Rita Hayworth

Cap Carson

Lloyd Nolan

Aldo Alfredo

Richard Conte

Steve McCabe

John Smith

Hilda

Katherine Kath

Mrs. Schuman

Wanda Rotha

Anna

Maggie Rennie

Giovana (french voice)

Anne Caprile

Emile Schuman

Hans Dantes

Ringmaster

Francois Calepides

A child is born. We see underwater swimmers representing this. He is young, in a jungle setting, with two fanciful "instincts" guiding him as swooping bird-like acrobats initially menace, then delight. As an adolescent, he enters a desert, where a man spins a large cube of metal tubing. He leaves his instinct-guides behind, and enters a garden where two statues dance in a pond. As he watches their sensual acrobatics of love, he becomes a man. He is offered wealth (represented by a golden hat) by a devil figure. In a richly decorated room, a scruffy troupe of a dozen acrobats and a little girl reawaken the old man's youthful nature and love.

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