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Circus of Fear (1966)
Country of Origin: UK
/West Germany
Year of Production: 1966
Running Times: 90 mins
Length: 2264.36 metres
Format: Eastmancolor
Ratio:
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Circus Films/Proudweeks
Producer: Harry Alan Towers
Production Manager: Peter Manley
SCRIPT
Script: Peter Welbeck (real name: Harry Alan Towers)
Novel: Psycho-Circus by Edgar Wallace
DIRECTION
Director: John Moxey
Assistant Director: Barrie Melrose
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Ernest Steward
Camera Operator: Dudley Lovell
Assistant Camera: John von Kotze
Stills: Karl Bayer
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: John Trumper
Assistant Editor: John Colville
MUSIC
Music: Johnny Douglas
SOUND
Sound: John Brommage, Ken Cameron
German Version Dubbing Director: Werner Jacobs
COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Frank Turner
Hair: Anne Box
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Frank White
Assistant Art Director: George Lack
OTHER CREW
Continuity: Eve Willson
CAST
Christopher Lee
(Gregor)
Leo Genn (Elliott)
Anthony Newlands (Barberini)
Heinz Drache (Carl)
Eddi Arent (Eddie)
Klaus Kinski (Manfred)
Margaret Lee (Gina)
Suzy Kendall (Natasha)
Cecil Parker (Sir John)
Victor Maddern (Mason)
Maurice Kaufmann (Mario)
Lawrence James (Manley)
Tom Bowman (Jackson)
Skip Martin (Mr Big)
Fred Powell (Red)
Gordon Petrie (man)
Henry B. Longhurst (hotel porter)
Dennis Blakely (armoured van guard)
George Fisher (fourth man)
Peter Brace, Roy Scammell (speedboat men)
Geoff Silk, Keith Peacock (security men)
John Carradine (US video version only)
CAPSULE REVIEW
Never has one film been more confused with others. This is not the
tale of a mad plastic surgeon and his travelling circus of murderers
and beauties. That's Circus
of Horrors (1960). This is not the one with Lee
as the hooded leader of the grand guignol. That's Theatre
of Death (1966). This is not the one with a middle aged
Joan Crawford in a leotard. That's Beserk!
(1968). This is actually a ho hum British police procedural/bank
robbery gone wrong thriller. It aims to emulate the German krimi style.
Lee is wasted.
Kinski's hardly in it. Dull.
AVAILABILITY
Canada
Theatrical Distributor: Sovereign Films
UK
Theatrical Distributor: Warner-Pathé Distributors Ltd
USA
Theatrical Distributor: AIP
Video Distributors: Saturn Video; Something Weird Video
West Germany
Theatrical Distributor: Constantin Film
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
West Germany
Rating: 12
TIMELINE
1966
January
Day Unknown: UK – theatrical release
April
29: West Germany – theatrical release
POSTER TAGS
The most horrifying syndicate of evil in history!
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Circus of Terror
Il lungo coltello di Londra - Italian title
Psycho-Circus - US title
Das Rätsel des silbernen Dreiecks - West German
title
Scotland Yard auf heißer Spur - West German
title
Tappava tikari - Finnish title KEYWORDS
book into film
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