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Barnum (1986)
Directed by Terry Hughes
Overview
Barnum the musical traces Phineas Taylor Barnum’s career from 1835 to 1881 when he joined James A. Bailey to form the circus which was called The Greatest Show on Earth. Barnum is a defender of “the noble art of humbug” with a philosophy, and has a free wheeling ambition to make a fortune. He buys the oldest woman in the world, named Joyce Heath, as a sideshow attraction. Barnum builds a museum of curiosities supported by his wife Charity, who would like him to settle down.
Length 113 minutes
Actors
Michael Crawford | Eileen Battye | Michael Heath | Christina Collier | Sharon Benson | Paul Miller | Peter Barbour | Sue Barbour | Michael Cantwell | Perry Davey | James Francis Johnston | Graham Fawcett | Richard Gauntlett | Paul Goddard | Alan Heap | Amanda Newman | Joanne Robley-Dixon | Nadine Shenton | Debbie Steel | Christopher Talman | Jane Watts