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The Circus Queen Murder Reviews

  • 1933
  • 1 hr 3 mins
  • NR
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The second of two whodunits starring Adolphe Menjou as DA Thatcher Cole, this time investigating homicides and other sordid doings under the big top. Ruthelma Stevens is back as his secretary, Miss Kelly. Directed by Roy William Neill from a screenplay by Jo Swerling, who adapted the novel by Fulton Oursler. The first in the series was 1932's "Night Club Lady."

Set in a traveling circus performing in a small town, THE CIRCUS QUEEN MURDER is a film about revenge and counter-revenge under the big top. A great portion of the cast is either murdered, planning a murder, or actually murdering their fellow performers in this fastmoving yarn. Menjou in his waxed black mustache and impeccable wardrobe won raves for his role as the police commissioner on vacation.