Movies and TvShows featuring "carnival-barker" theme.
Stan, a grifter, rises through the ranks of a carnival and becomes a renowned psychic medium. However, a psychologist sets out to reveal his deception. Stan navigates a world of illusions, infidelity, and murder as he matches wits with the psychologist. This dark neo-noir film explores themes of deception and the thin line between reality and fantasy.
All Hallows' Eve 2 is an anthology horror film that follows a group of people who find a mysterious videotape on Halloween night. As they watch the tape, they are pulled into a series of horrifying and dangerous situations. The film explores themes of fear, horror, and the supernatural, with each segment of the anthology focusing on different characters and their encounters with evil forces. From throat-slitting killers to demonic creatures, All Hallows' Eve 2 delivers a chilling and blood-soaked Halloween experience.
A waitress fascinated by circus freaks joins a carnival as a freak show attraction after the death of her husband. She faces anticipation, oddity, and role-reversal in this psychotronic film from the 1960s.
Le Sourire is a comedy-drama that explores themes of seduction and desire. The story revolves around a female tennis player with a heart condition who discovers her own sexuality through various encounters and experiences. From striptease to skinny-dipping, the film delves into the world of desire and explores the complexities of human relationships.
Two carnival barkers stowaway on an ocean liner to Rio de Janeiro and get involved with a hypnotist, a fortune hunter, and a damsel in distress.
A mystery grows after a bank robbery car leads investigators to a carnival sideshow.
Woody Woodpecker visits the circus. Singing "I Went to the Animal Fair," he strolls through a tiger's cage. As Woody looks at a rhinoceros, the nearby lion eats Woody's hot dog. Woody gets revenge by putting the lion's tail in the bun; the lion eats his own tail. Woody next tries to sneak into the main tent, and the run-ins with the guard take up the rest of the cartoon. First, the guard tells Woody he can work for his admission by watering an elephant, but he's not pleased when Woody ties the elephant's trunk to a hydrant. The chase is on, leading into the lion tamer's cage, onto the trapeze, and bicycling across the tightrope. Both Woody and the guard end up as targets in the shooting gallery.
On Christmas Eve in the Spanish quarter of L.A. police try to arrest a couple running a shady floor show. Hiding in a church, the young woman finds an abandoned baby and uses it as cover to escape capture.
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called upon to help a young woman whose father went missing several years earlier. Their investigation leads them to a missing treasure, an escaped killer with a wooden leg, and a series of mysterious events at a carnival sideshow. As they uncover the truth, Holmes and Watson must outwit a master of disguise and navigate a web of revenge and double-crosses.
A circus barker stages a sensational new act, the world's longest fast undertaken by “Sapolio”, on view in a glass cage. But this act also results in several murders, a kidnapping, and a poisoning!
Mother Goose's son, Little Bo Peep, goes missing and Mother Goose must enlist the help of nursery rhyme characters to find him. They embark on a musical journey through various rhymes and face challenges along the way.
In 'High Diving Hare,' Bugs Bunny finds himself tied up and put on a high diving board by Yosemite Sam, who intends to shoot him. Bugs Bunny uses his cartoon physics to defy gravity and escape from this dangerous situation with the help of various comedic gags. The short film showcases Bugs Bunny's wit and cleverness as he outsmarts his adversary in a high-stakes situation.
In The Mind Reader (1933), a con man with the ability to read minds gets tangled up in a murder mystery when he falls for a woman whose husband has been killed. As he tries to solve the case and clear his name, he must navigate a web of deceit, betrayal, and unexpected twists.
In the small town of Pineview, Dr. John Evans is accused of malpractice after an incident with an elephant from a traveling medicine show. The trial becomes a spectacle, with sight gags and slapstick comedy. As the defense attorney defends Dr. Evans, tensions rise and the town gossip spreads. Will justice prevail in this hilarious court case?
Boston Blackie, an ex-convict turned reformed thief, gets caught up in a murder case when his friend is accused of the crime. With the help of his valet and a dumb cop, Blackie sets out to find the real killer and clear his friend's name. Along the way, he must navigate through deception, Nazi spies, and a secret code to uncover the truth.
A young girl runs away from her carnival family to make it in New York and becomes involved with a young songwriter.
In Budapest, Hungary, a man's love for a woman leads him to commit a series of crimes, resulting in tragic consequences.
In Way Out West (1930), a pair of bumbling friends attempt to deliver a deed to a gold mine in a small frontier town. Along the way, they encounter various obstacles and comedic situations.
The Wagons Roll at Night is a romantic drama about a circus owner who seeks revenge on a lion tamer who killed his brother. It is a story of love, family drama, and seeking redemption.
A woman takes in boarders to support her husband's harebrained financial schemes.