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Billy Rose's Jumbo

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Pop and Kitty Wonder are father-and-daughter circus hands trying to save their tiny business from rival owner John Noble, whose son, Sam, has secretly joined their circus as a tightrope walker, calling himself Sam Rawlins. Kitty falls for Sam, not knowing his relationship to their enemy.
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Critics Reviews

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Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Jan 11
2/4
This one gets defeated by a jerry-built screenplay from Sidney Sheldon that stumbles every which way but smooth. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 08/11/2005
3/5
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 05/26/2005
2/5
Christopher Null Filmcritic.com 05/16/2005
3/5
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steve d @RT35616104 07/19/2020 Not the least bit entertaining. See more Thomas M @TMProofreader 01/27/2019 The best musical movie ever made! See more 09/15/2018 MGM's colorful circus musical is an old-fashioned delight marred only by an over-the-top finale with a pedestrian song ("Sawdust, Spangles & Dreams") by Roger Edens; Rodgers & Hart's songs, from the original 1935 production at the Hippodrome, include "My Romance," "Over and Over Again," and "Little Girl Blue." Doris Day's final on-screen musical. See more 12/31/2014 It was okay. It didn't hold my attention really. I let it play through and glanced up every now and then but I didn't really seem to miss anything. See more 04/16/2014 Doris Day shines and is a huge delight in this movie. I loved the songs and circus numbers in this movie! When Doris Day rolls them loaded dice and wins back the money, you know this movie will turn out good! Trust me it does! See more 10/15/2013 Did Stephen Boyd do his own singing in Jumbo? Please, "I gotsta know" See more Read all reviews
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Charles Walters

Director

Doris Day

Kitty Wonder

Stephen Boyd

Sam Rawlins

Jimmy Durante

Anthony "Pop" Wonder

Martha Raye

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Dean Jagger

John Noble
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Synopsis Pop and Kitty Wonder are father-and-daughter circus hands trying to save their tiny business from rival owner John Noble, whose son, Sam, has secretly joined their circus as a tightrope walker, calling himself Sam Rawlins. Kitty falls for Sam, not knowing his relationship to their enemy.
Director
Charles Walters
Producer
Joe Pasternak, Martin Melcher
Screenwriter
Sidney Sheldon
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Rating
G
Genre
Musical
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 6, 1962, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 21, 2016
Runtime
2h 3m