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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In the midst of World War II, a group of people struggles to escape from a prison camp and find their way to safety. Along the way, they must confront their fears, deal with the harsh realities of war, and navigate a complicated romantic landscape.
In Budapest, Hungary, a man's love for a woman leads him to commit a series of crimes, resulting in tragic consequences.
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?
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.
A mystery grows after a bank robbery car leads investigators to a carnival sideshow.
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!
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.
A nobleman, posing as a necktie salesman, falls in love with the daughter of a circus puppeteer, even though he is already married to the daughter of his country's war minister.
Holly Hunter plays a lonely, single, poorly educated Texan who finds herself pregnant with no means to support a child. To avoid giving up the child, she seeks an abortion. Denied an abortion in Texas the young woman hires a novice lawyer to plead her case in the US supreme court. Eventually the law is changed, but for the character it takes longer than nine months.
A hillbilly deacon, who is actually a cardsharp in disguise, becomes involved in a small-town fight game.
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.
In this pre-code crime film, a group of criminals disguises themselves as sideshow performers to carry out a series of robberies. However, their plans take an unexpected turn when they are accused of a murder they didn't commit. As the district attorney investigates, the true nature of their unholy partnership is revealed. Set against the backdrop of Christmas Eve, this film explores themes of false identity, manipulation, and class differences.
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.
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 chorus girl gets stranded in a small midwestern town. Against her better judgement, she hooks up with a smooth-talking con artist who says he can help her get out of town.