The Circus Show-Up

Feb 17, 1932

0h 18m

★ 7.5

Overview

The sixth in The Shadow series of shorts from Universal. In this one the circus trapeze artist falls to her death when someone flips the light switch just as she starts her famed triple somersault. It only takes the circus manager about fifteen minutes to figure out the obvious suspect was the guilty one.

Genres

Mystery

Production Companies

Bryan Foy Productions

Universal Pictures

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Cast

Maisie

Sally Blane

Billy Dooley

Russell Hopton

Monaghan

Paul Nicholson

Detective Hickey

William Halligan

Irene Duval

Polly Ann Young

Tony

Neely Edwards

The Hypnotist

Allan Forrest

Yarrow - the Concessionaire (as Martin J. Faust)

Martin Faust

Bobby - Irene Duval's Little Boy (as David Tillotson)

David Leo Tillotson

Roustabout (uncredited)

John George

The Shadow (voice)

Frank Readick

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