Directed by:
Anthony MannCinematography:
James S. Brown Jr.Composer:
Alexander LaszloCast:
Erich von Stroheim, Mary Beth Hughes, Dan Duryea, Steve Barclay, Sam Harris, Jack Chefe, Franklyn Farnum, Edward Hearn, Esther Howard, Jack O'Shea (more)VOD (1)
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A woman-hating sideshow performer refuses to let down his guard after being hurt many years before. When his lovely assistant starts to fall for him, he stages an accident which kills her husband and leaves her available. When she runs off with another performer, the Great Flamarion gets burned yet again. Based on the story "Big Shot" by Vicki Baum. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Erich von Stroheim
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Greed (1924)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
Mary Beth Hughes
USA
Best movies:
The Ox-Bow Incident (1942)
Inner Sanctum (1948)
Young Man with a Horn (1950)
Dan Duryea
USA
Best movies:
Scarlet Street (1945)
The Little Foxes (1941)
Ball of Fire (1941)
Steve Barclay
USA
Best movies:
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
A Guy Named Joe (1943)
The Sullivans (1944)
Sam Harris
Australia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Jack Chefe
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
It Started with Eve (1941)
All About Eve (1950)
Franklyn Farnum
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Edward Hearn
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
The General (1926)
Love Crazy (1941)
Esther Howard
USA
Best movies:
Caged (1950)
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
Born to Kill (1947)
Jack O'Shea
USA
Best movies:
The Great Flamarion (1945)
Allegheny Uprising (1939)
The Maverick Queen (1956)
John Hamilton
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
John Elliott
USA
Best movies:
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
Kay Deslys
UK
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Gold Rush (1925)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
Alex Melesh
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Arch of Triumph (1948)
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
A Day at the Races (1937)
Michael Mark
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
Casablanca (1942)
City Girl (1930)