Charles Watts, Dean Jagger, Doris Day

Circus owner Pop Wonder (Jimmy Durante) and his daughter, Kitty (Doris Day), try to save their beloved business from foreclosure in this musical. Pop and Kitty rely on Sam (Stephen Boyd) to help them ...( read more  read more... )save the circus, unaware that Sam's got an agenda of his own. Martha Raye and Dean Jagger costar. The film features most of the Rogers and Hart songs from the original play, including "My Romance" and "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World."

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G, 127 min.

Directed by: Charles Walters

Release Date: December 6, 1962

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DVD Release Date: April 26, 2005

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  • August 11, 2008
    nominated for best picture at the golden globes
  • May 5, 2008
    This was a good movie
  • November 6, 2007
    i really like this film... i dunno why but i do :)
  • July 31, 2007
    My favorite song is on this movie!
  • June 2, 2007
    Doris Day and Jimmy Durante. What an odd combination
  • May 13, 2007
    Aww, I was raised on this film. LOVE Jimmy Durante!
  • February 9, 2007
    There are plenty of catchy songs in this musical, which celebrates the art of circus. Doris Day seems a little old to still be playing the unmarried virgin - but she sings so well and is so good at playing the seething wronged woman that you can forgive her that. In spite of bein...( read more)g 40 years old, the jokes are still funny - and some of the set pieces are still spectacular. The ending was a bit of a let down though - although I do love the song 'Sawdust and Spangles and Dreams'.
  • January 8, 2007
    Really cute and any guy who sings to me that I'm the most beautiful girl in the world...... well.......

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