The Big Show (1926)

Directed by

George Terwilliger

Genre

drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 16m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A stranger joins a traveling circus and becomes its star attraction. He then clashes with a millionaire who cheated him out of oil land profits during World War I.

old-fashionedslow-paceddramaticnostalgictenseadventuroustheatrical

What happens

The Big Show is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by George Terwilliger and starring John Lowell, Evangeline Russell and Jane Thomas. The film is set in a travelling circus show, where a stranger joins the show and becomes a star attraction. He ends up crossing swords with a millionaire who had swindled him out his share in some oil lands during World War I. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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