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    Circus of Horrors (1960)

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    England, 1947. Plastic surgeon Dr Rossiter (Anton Diffring) – a madman obsessed with perfection in women – must beat a hasty retreat to France when one of his patients has ghastly problems with her surgery.

    Once there he takes refuge at the crumbling circus of Vanet (Donald Pleasance) whose young daughter had her face badly scarred by bombs during the recent war. Rossiter promises to rectify it in exchange for becoming a partner in the circus.

    The surgery is a success, but Vanet is killed after a drunken dance with a bear (or a man in a bear suit!) and Rossiter becomes the circus owner.

    Fast-forward a decade, and the circus has grown into a tremendous success, Rossiter is now calling himself Dr Schuler and Vanet’s little girl has grown up to be a beautiful young woman named Nicole (Yvonne Monlaur).

    Schuler is not only using the circus to mask his true identity but also to perform surgery on various female criminals and prostitutes with injurious histories, transforming the once-scarred femmes into raving beauties and star performers in his circus ring.

    When the women who want to leave the circus begin dying in freak accidents – earning the circus the nickname “Jinx Circus” – the police begin to suspect the good doctor is responsible.

    Superintendent Andrews (Jack Gwillim) sends in Inspector Arthur Ames (Conrad Phillips) posing as a tabloid journalist (he also finds time to seduce several of the big-top beauties).

    Meanwhile, Schuler has his hands full with the luscious Melina (Yvonne Romain) who arrives at the circus with a face horribly disfigured by acid, but becomes a ravishing lion tamer, literally busting out of the skimpy outfits she’s given to wear.

    The circus used in this movie was that of Billy Smart’s Circus, one of the three big tenting circuses in the United Kingdom at the time of filming. The external scenes were filmed on Clapham Common.

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    Dr Schuler/Dr Rossiter
    Anton Diffring
    Elissa Caro
    Erika Remberg
    Nicole Vanet
    Yvonne Monlaur
    Vanet
    Donald Pleasence
    Angela Jane Hylton
    Jane Hylton
    Inspector Arthur Ames
    Conrad Phillips
    Martin
    Kenneth Griffith
    Magda Von Meck
    Vanda Hudson
    Melina
    Yvonne Romain
    Evelyn Morley Finsbury
    Colette Wilde
    Superintendent Andrews
    Jack Gwillim
    Edward Finsbury
    John Merivale
    Nicole (as a child)
    Carla Challoner
    Inspector Knopf
    Peter Swanwick
    Dr Morley
    William Mervyn

    Director
    Sidney Hayers

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