Circus of Fear
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Country United Kingdom | 5.4/10 IMDb Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 29 April 1966 (W. Germany)November 1967 (UK) Tagline The most horrifying syndicate of evil in history! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Circus of Fear (German: Das Rätsel des silbernen Dreieck or Scotland Yard auf heißer Spur, also Circus of Terror) is a 1966 Anglo-German international co-production thriller film starring Christopher Lee, Suzy Kendall, Cecil Parker, Klaus Kinski and Victor Maddern. The U.S. title was Psycho-Circus. It was based on the novel The Three Just Men by Edgar Wallace (1926).
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Plot
When an armoured car is robbed, in a daring daylight raid on Tower Bridge, one of the gang hides the money in Barberini's Circus. The police also investigate people being murdered by throwing knives. Gregor (Christopher Lee), is a facially scarred lion tamer, one of the many suspects in the case investigated by Scotland Yard's detective Elliot (Leo Genn). His examination of all the clues leads to a final denouement in front of the assembled suspects during a knife-throwing act.
Cast
Production
The film was partially shot at Billy Smart's Circus.
Release
The film premiered in Germany on 29 April 1966 and in the UK in November 1967.
Reception
The Radio Times wrote, "Christopher Lee wears a black woolly hood for nearly all of his scenes in this lame whodunnit, with minor horrific overtones...but the stalwart efforts of the cast including Klaus Kinski and Suzy Kendall act as a welcome safety net for the shaky plot" ; while Britmovie called it "fairly suspenseful."
References
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