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When the Circus Came to Town

7.333 average rating
7.333
English / 120 MIN. / 1981

The Genres

The Synopsis

When the Circus Came to Town chronicles the life of Mary Flynn (Montgomery), a woman nearing middle age living in a small town. When the circus comes through town, she realizes nothing will ever change unless she does something different, so she leaves her boring sheltered life to run away and join the circus. While adapting to her new life, she finds herself challenged, and in the end, happy with her new life.

The Cast

Elizabeth MontgomeryChristopher PlummerEileen BrennanGretchen WylerAnne ShropshireTommy MaddenTimothy HillRussell SaundersMark YerkesBob YerkesJ. Don FergusonAnne HaneyGeorge EllisWallace WilkinsonClara DunnTena WorthingtonWilliam StarrsBobbi KempCarol StebbingCharles KaufmanDon DevendorfCharles LawlorNicholas Warf

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