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Barnum

Release Date:Release date TBD

Running Time:113 min

Genres:Music, TV Movie

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Cast

Michael Crawford Eileen Battye Michael Heath Christina Collier Sharon Benson Paul Miller Peter Barbour Sue Barbour Michael Cantwell Perry Davey James Francis Johnston Graham Fawcett

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Synopsis

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.

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