This series illustrates the life and career of P.T. Barnum, America's greatest showman and promoter. Starting as a young man who managed an old woman who was supposedly George Washington's nursemaid, we see his career as he finds success promoting curiosities and attractions with panache and a judicious mix of truth and creativity, whether it be promoting his museum or characters like the midget General Tom Thumb. Yet because the demands of his businesses, his family life is troubled and marred by tragedy. All the while, events lead to his greatest creation, the Ringling Brothers/Barnum & Bailey Circus.
Lionel Chetwynd
Writer
Simon Wincer
Director
Beau Bridges
P.T. Barnum
Jordan Bridges
Young P.T. Barnum
Cynthia Dale
Charity
Natalie Radford
Young Charity
George Hamilton
Francis Olmsted
Henry Czerny
Greenwood
Charles Martin Smith
Beach
Josh Ryan Evans
(General) Tom Thumb
R.H. Thomson
James Anthony Bailey
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TalhotBlond63%
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Normal66%
Cheaters63%
Inherit the Wind63%
My Dinner with Hervé63%
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault71%
The Christmas Shoes68%
Scum73%
Mansfield Park61%
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A Crooked Somebody63%
Ray Donovan: The Movie68%
Return to Zero66%
Starving in Suburbia65%
Iron Jawed Angels67%
Beast62%
Hello63%
Girl in the Bunker71%
