The Big Show (1961)
The BIG Spectacle! The BIG Excitement! The BIG Drama!
A European circus family is torn apart by greed and jealousy.
- Date of release
- 1961-05-10
- TMDB
- 5.8 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- James B. Clark
Casting
- Esther Williams — Hillary Allen
- Cliff Robertson — Josef Everard
- Nehemiah Persoff — Bruno Everard
- Robert Vaughn — Klaus Everard
- Margia Dean — Carlotta Martinez
- David Nelson — Eric Solden
- Renate Mannhardt — Teresa Vizzini
- Carol Christensen — Garda Everard
- Kurt Pecher — Hans Everard
- Franco Andrei — Fredrik Everard
- Peter Capell — Pietro Vizzini
- Stefan Schnabel — Lawyer
Interesting facts
The Big Show is a 1961 American drama film directed by James B. Clark, starring Esther Williams and Cliff Robertson. The cast also includes Robert Vaughn, Margia Dean, Nehemiah Persoff, and David Nelson, who was best known to audiences of the time for The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet television show. The film was shot in DeLuxe Color and CinemaScope.
Production
James Clark and Ted Sherdeman had worked together on A Dog of Flanders for Associated Producers Incorporated (API). They formed their own company, Gemtaur Productions, and made The Big Show with API.
At one stage Millie Perkins was announced as the lead.
The film was shot in Munich, Germany, and Copenhagen, Denmark, in November 1960.
Esther Williams insisted on writing her own dialogue.
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