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The Circus Queen Murder (1933)

The Circus Queen Murder poster
Directed by
Roy William Neill
Genre
crime film, mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 03m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A police detective investigates a series of killings at a circus. He suspects the deaths are connected to a love triangle involving the circus's star performer.

noirishsuspensefulbriskwhimsicalwry

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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