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Barnum (1986)
Directed by Terry Hughes
“The Prince of Humbug gives you a musical tour of his life!”
Music, TV Movie · 1h 53m
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.
Cast
Michael Crawford
Phineas Taylor Barnum
Eileen Battye
Charity 'Chairy' Barnum
M
Michael Heath
The Ringmaster
Christina Collier
Jenny Lind
S
Sharon Benson
Joice Heth
P
Paul Miller
Tom Thumb
P
Peter Barbour
Ensemble
S
Sue Barbour
Ensemble
M
Michael Cantwell
Ensemble
P
Perry Davey
Ensemble
J
James Francis Johnston
Ensemble
G
Graham Fawcett
Ensemble
Crew
- Director
- Terry Hughes
- Editor
- John Sillitto
- Producer
- Harold Fielding
Details
- Release date
- 1986-12-26
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Genres
- Music, TV Movie
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- BBC