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The Circus Show-Up (1932)

The sixth in The Shadow series of shorts from Universal. In this one the circus trapeze artist falls to her death when someone flips the light switch just as she starts her famed triple somersault. It only takes the circus manager about fifteen minutes to figure out the obvious suspect was the guilty one.

  • Mystery

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Sally BlaneSally BlaneMaisie
  • Photo of Russell HoptonRussell HoptonBilly Dooley
  • Photo of Paul NicholsonPaul NicholsonMonaghan
  • Photo of William HalliganWilliam HalliganDetective Hickey
  • Photo of Polly Ann YoungPolly Ann YoungIrene Duval
  • Photo of Neely EdwardsNeely EdwardsTony
  • Photo of Allan ForrestAllan ForrestThe Hypnotist
  • Photo of Martin FaustMartin FaustYarrow - the Concessionaire (as Martin J. Faust)
  • Photo of David Leo TillotsonDavid Leo TillotsonBobby - Irene Duval's Little Boy (as David Tillotson)
  • Photo of John GeorgeJohn GeorgeRoustabout (uncredited)

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