Circus of Horrors
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
Circus of Horrors (1960, UK) is a Horror film directed by Sidney Hayers.
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Main Details
- Released in 1960
- Color
- Running time: 87 min.
- Production Co: Lynx Films Ltd.
- Distribution Co: Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (1960) (UK) (theatrical)/American International Pictures (AIP) (1960) (USA) (theatrical)/Astral Films (1960) (Canada) (theatrical)/Metropolitan Films (1960) (Belgium) (theatrical)/Union Film (1962) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Directed by Sidney Hayers
- Produced by Leslie Parkyn, Julian Wintle, Nat Cohen, Stuart Levy
- Written by George Baxt
- Starring: Anton Diffring, Erika Remberg, Yvonne Monlaur, Donald Pleasence, Jane Hylton, Jack Gwillim
- Music by Franz Reizenstein, Muir Mathieson
- Cinematography by Douglas Slocombe
- Edited by Reginald Mills
Plot Summary
- Dr. Rossiter, a plastic surgeon wanted by the police, flees to France and under an assumed name acquires, by murder, a run-down circus. His first recruit is a woman criminal. He transforms her face by surgery and trains her.
Taglines
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