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Barnum

Barnum

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 26, 1986

Runtime

1h 53m

Genres

Music, TV Movie

User Score

70%

Original Title

Barnum

Production Companies

BBC

Director

Terry Hughes

Description

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.