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The Circus Queen Murder (1933)

1h 3m

Running Time

The Circus Queen Murder (1933)

Name: The Circus Queen Murder
Genre: Drama
Released: 1933-04-10

1h 3m

Running Time

Plot.

Suave, lip-reading DA Thatcher Colt plans to get away from the big city for a while. So he and his secretary, Miss Kelly hop on a train for an Upstate NY town called Gilead. They expect a calm oasis, but when a small time circus rolls into town they soon find themselves caught up in a sordid tale of marital infidelity, murder, cruelty to animals, and cannibalism.

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Cast & Crew.

Adolphe Menjou

Thatcher Colt

Donald Cook

The Great Sebastian

Greta Nissen

Josie La Tour

Ruthelma Stevens

Miss Kelly

Dwight Frye

Flandrin

Harry Holman

Jim Dugan

George Rosener

John T. Rainey

Roy William Neill

Director

Helene Chadwick

Crying Woman

Eddy Chandler

Roustabout

Clay Clement

Lubbell

Fulton Oursler

Writer

Jo Swerling

Writer

Joseph H. August

Cinematographer

Richard Cahoon

Editor

Media.

Details.

Release Date
April 10, 1933

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 3m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-10

Wiki.

The Circus Queen Murder is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Adolphe Menjou, Donald Cook and Greta Nissen. It is the sequel to the 1932 film The Night Club Lady in which Menjou had also starred as Thatcher Colt. The film is based on a story by "Anthony Abbott", a pseudonym used by Fulton Oursler.