USA, UK, 1967
96m
35mm film, Technicolor
An American/British horror film directed by Jim O'Connolly.
Plot Summary
Monica Rivers runs a small travelling circus which is struck by a series of brutal killings. Monica loves the publicity the killings attract, but is she the culprit?
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Jim O'Connolly
© 1967 Herman Cohen Productions Ltd.
Columbia Pictures Corporation presents a Herman Cohen production
Produced by: Herman Cohen
Associate Producer: Robert Sterne
Original Story and Screenplay by: Aben Kandel and Herman Cohen
Director of Photography: Desmond Dickinson
Film Editor: Raymond Poulton
Music Composed and Conducted by: Patrick John Scott
Sound Mixer: Bert Ross
Costumes: Jay Hutchinson Scott
Makeup: George Partleton
Hairdresser: Pearl Tipaldi
Art Director: Maurice Pelling
Made at Shepperton Studios, England and on location at The Billy Smart Circus
Cast
Joan Crawford (Monica Rivers)
Ty Hardin (Frank Hawkins)
Diana Dors (Matilda)
Michael Gough (Dorando)
Judy Geeson (Angela Rivers)
Robert Hardy (Detective Superintendent Brooks)
Geoffrey Keen (Commissioner Dalby)
Sidney Tafler (Harrison Liston)
George Claydon (Bruno)
Philip Madoc (Lazlo)
Ambrosine Phillpotts (Miss Burrows)
Peter Burton (Gustavo)
Thomas Cimarro (Gaspar)
Golda Casimir (bearded lady)
Ted Lune (skeleton man)
Milton Reid (strong man)
Marianne Stone (Wanda)
Miki Iveria (gypsy fortune-teller)
Howard Goorney (Emil)
Reginald Marsh (Sergeant Hutchins)
Bryan Pringle (Constable Bradford)
Alternative Titles
Il cerchio di sangue – Italian title
Circus of Blood – working title
Circus of Terror
References
Books
- The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror by Phil Hardy (ed.) p.187
- The Columbia Checklist: The Feature Films, Cartoons, Serials and Short Subjects of Columbia Pictures, 1922-1988 by Len D. Martin p.24
- Columbia Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1928-1982 by Michael R. Pitts pp.16-17
- Creature Features Movie Guide Strikes Again p.40 by John Stanley – credits, review
- Diana Dors: Only a Whisper Away by Joan Flory & Damien Walne p.124 – note
- English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby pp.90, 151, 8
- Euro Gothic: Classics of Continental Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby p.291
- Feature Films, 1960-1969: A Filmography of English-language and Major Foreign-language United States Releases by Harris M. Lentz III p.33
- Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991-1992 p.40 – credits, review
- Horror and Science Fiction Films: A Checklist by Donald C. Willis p.44 – credits
- Kine Yearbook 1969 p.110
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.31 – credits
- Sixties Shockers by Mark Clark and Bryan Senn pp.49
- Uneasy Dreams: The Golden Age of British Horror Films, 1956-1976 by Gary A. Smith pp.38
- X-Cert: The British Independent Horror Film: 1951-1970 by John Hamilton pp.181-186 *; 238-239
