The Circus Show-Up

7.5
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Run time: 18 min
  • Premiere: 1932. February 17.

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.

Discover

Sally Blane

Maisie

Russell Hopton

Billy Dooley

Paul Nicholson

Monaghan

William Halligan

Detective Hickey

Polly Ann Young

Irene Duval

Allan Forrest

The Hypnotist

Martin Faust

Yarrow - the Concessionaire (as Martin J. Faust)

David Leo Tillotson

Bobby - Irene Duval's Little Boy (as David Tillotson)

John George

Roustabout (uncredited)

Frank Readick

The Shadow (voice)

Crew

Carl Laemmle

Presenter

E. Pilkington

Cinematography

Directing

Lewis Seiler

Director

Editing

Production

Bryan Foy

Executive Producer

Writing

Harold Tarshis

Screenplay

Crew

Carl Laemmle

Presenter

E. Pilkington

Cinematography

Directing

Lewis Seiler

Director

Editing

Production

Bryan Foy

Executive Producer

Writing

Harold Tarshis

Screenplay