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3 Ring Circus

19545.5 / 10103 min

Comedy

Overview

Tame a lion. Get shot out of a cannon. Wash an elephant. Jerrico will do anything to become a circus clown.

Jerry and Pete are two friends with no money and are looking for a job. They finally find employment working in a circus, but Jerry has different dreams. He wants to become a clown.

Cast

Dean Martin

Pete Nelson

Jerry Lewis

Jerry Hotchkiss

Joanne Dru

Jill Brent

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Saadia

Wallace Ford

Sam Morley

Elsa Lanchester

The Bearded Lady

Sig Ruman

Fritz Schlitz

Nick Cravat

Timmy

Kathleen Freeman

Custard Pie Gag Victim

Robert 'Bob' Atterbury

The Great Nero(High Wire Walker)(uncredited)

George Boyce

Circus Clown(uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg

Circus Roustabout(uncredited)

Drew Cahill

Second Soldier(uncredited)

Frank Carter

Army Captain(uncredited)

Sue Casey

Circus Snake Charmer(uncredited)

Chick Chandler

Drop-the-Dip Pitchman(uncredited)

Crew

Joseph Pevney

Director

Hal B. Wallis

Producer

Tambi Larsen

Art Direction

Loyal Griggs

Director of Photography

Hal Pereira

Art Direction

Don McGuire

Writer

Walter Scharf

Original Music Composer

Warren Low

Editor

John P. Fulton

Special Effects

Sam Comer

Set Decoration

Rudy Makoul

Dialogue Coach

Daniel McCauley

Assistant Director

Wally Westmore

Makeup Supervisor

Ray Moyer

Set Decoration

Charles C. Coleman

Assistant Director

Edith Head

Costume Design

Harold Lewis

Sound Recordist

John Cope

Sound Recordist

Nick Castle

Choreographer