Circus of Horrors

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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.

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