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| Directed by | Val Guest |
| Written by | Val Guest Len Heath John Warren |
| Produced by | John Pellatt E.M. Smedley-Aston |
| Starring | Bud Flanagan Teddy Knox Jimmy Nervo Jimmy Gold |
| Cinematography | Arthur Graham |
| Edited by | James B. Clark Bill Lenny |
| Music by | Philip Green |
Production company | Vale Film Productions |
| Distributed by | British Lion Films |
Release date | 16 February 1960 |
Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Life is a Circus is a 1960 British comedy film directed by Val Guest[1] and starring Bud Flanagan, Teddy Knox, Jimmy Nervo, Jimmy Gold and Charlie Naughton of the Crazy Gang. The screenplay concerns a down-on-its-luck circus that uses an Aladdin's Magic Lamp to try to save their business.
The film is generally considered inferior to the Crazy Gang's previous screen appearances.[2]
Cast
- Bud Flanagan as Bud
- Teddy Knox as Sebastian
- Jimmy Nervo as Cecil
- Jimmy Gold as Goldie
- Charlie Naughton as Charlie
- Eddie Gray as Eddie
- Chesney Allen as Ches
- Shirley Eaton as Shirley Winter
- Michael Holliday as Carl Rickenbeck
- Lionel Jeffries as Genie
- Joseph Tomelty as Joe Winter
- Eric Pohlmann as Rickenbeck
- Harold Kasket as Hassan
- Edwin Richfield as Driver
- Peter Glaze as Hand #1
- Sam Kydd as Removal man
- Geoffrey Denton as Policeman
References
- ^ Alan Burton; Steve Chibnall (11 July 2013). Historical Dictionary of British Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-8108-8026-9.
- ^ David R. Sutton (January 2000). A Chorus of Raspberries: British Film Comedy 1929-1939. University of Exeter Press. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-85989-603-0.
