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3 Ring Circus is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Joseph Pevney released in USA on 22 december 1954 with Dean Martin
3 Ring Circus (1954)
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Add to a movie list3 Ring Circus is a 1954 film comedy starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. The picture was shot from February 17 to March 31, 1954 and released on December 25 by Paramount Pictures. The supporting cast includes Joanne Dru, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Wallace Ford, Sig Ruman, Nick Cravat, and Elsa Lanchester.
The film was the first starring Martin and Lewis to be shot in VistaVision. A clip from it was shown in a promotional short film, Paramount Presents VistaVision.
Synopsis
Pete Nelson, a smooth operator who has just been discharged from the Army, joins forces with his old buddy, the loud Jerome X. Hotchkiss, and together they join a circus. The Clyde Brent Circus, to be exact. Jerry has taken a job as apprentice lion tamer. Pete is set on being a circus clown, but his plans are squandered when they meet the circus manager Sam Morley and owner Jill Brent, who is also ringmaster. The circus has financial problems, so the only way that both Pete and Jerry can be hired if they help out wherever needed.Actors
Dean Martin
(Pete Nelson)
Jerry Lewis
(Jerry Hotchkiss)
Joanne Dru
(Jill Brent)
Zsa Zsa Gabor
(Saadia)
Sig Ruman
(Fritz Schlitz)
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