Fresh
It's a brilliant combination of light and darkness, tenderness and violence and, yes, laughter and tears.
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
Overview
Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.
Director and cast
- Charlie Chaplin Director
- Charlie Chaplin as A Tramp
- Al Ernest Garcia as The Circus Proprietor and Ring Master (as Allan Garcia)
- Merna Kennedy as His Step-daughter, A Circus Rider
- Harry Crocker as Rex, A Tight Rope Walker / Disgruntled Property Man / Clown
- George Davis as A Magician
- Henry Bergman as An Old Clown
- Tiny Sandford as The Head Property Man
- John Rand Cast
- Steve Murphy Cast
- Albert Austin Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
97%
Tomatometer
Fresh
There's an edge to The Circus that suggests a man gazing deep into the void, laughing at the darkness and urging us to do the same.
Keith Uhlich, Time Out New York
Fresh
Innovative and timelessly hilarious.
Aaron Hillis, Village Voice
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