Circus of Fear


Circus of Fear German Das Rtsel des silbernen Dreieck , or Circus of Terror is a 1966 AngloGerman international coproduction thriller film starring Christopher Lee, Suzy Kendall, Cecil Parker, Klaus Kinski and Victor Maddern. The U.S. title was PsychoCircus. It was based on the novel The Three Just Men by Edgar Wallace 1926.

When an armoured car is robbed, in a daring daylight raid on Londons Tower Bridge, one of the gang hides the money in Barberinis Circus. The police begin investigating when people are found murdered by throwing knives. Gregor Christopher Lee, is a facially scarred lion tamer, one of the many suspects in a case investigated by Scotland Yards detective Elliot Leo Genn. His examination of all the clues leads to a final denouement in front of the assembled suspects during a knifethrowing act.The Radio Times wrote, Christopher Lee wears a black woolly hood for nearly all of his scenes in this lame whodunnit, with minor horrific overtones...but the stalwart efforts of the cast including Klaus Kinski and Suzy Kendall act as a welcome safety net for the shaky plot while Britmovie called it fairly suspenseful. ........

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