The Circus Show-Up
7.5
18 minutes
2/17/1932
Overview
The sixth in The Shadow series of shorts from Universal. In this one the circus trapeze artist falls to her death when someone flips the light switch just as she starts her famed triple somersault. It only takes the circus manager about fifteen minutes to figure out the obvious suspect was the guilty one.
Cast List
Sally Blane
as Maisie
Russell Hopton
as Billy Dooley
Paul Nicholson
as Monaghan
William Halligan
as Detective Hickey
Polly Ann Young
as Irene Duval
Neely Edwards
as Tony
Allan Forrest
as The Hypnotist
Martin Faust
as Yarrow - the Concessionaire (as Martin J. Faust)
David Leo Tillotson
as Bobby - Irene Duval's Little Boy (as David Tillotson)
John George
as Roustabout (uncredited)
Frank Readick
as The Shadow (voice)