Top billed cast

1. 

   Burt Lancaster

   PT Barnum

2. 

   Hanna Schygulla

   Jenny Lind

3. 

   Michael Higgins

   Phineas Taylor

4. 

   Lorena Gale

   Joyce Heth

5. 

   Sandor Raski

   Tom Thumb

6. 

   Laura Press

   Charity

7. 

   Kirsten Bishop

   Nancy

8. 

   Deborah Hancock

   Caroline

9. 

   Sean Hewitt

   Coley Draper

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on 2024-04-28

**_The life of PT Barnum in the 1800s_**

Burt Lancaster stars as PT Barnum, breaking the fourth window to tell the story of the showman, author and politician who died four months shy of 81 years-old in 1891.

The man is known as the best purveyor of entertainment in history, a master of sales and marketing. He entered into showmanship in New York at the age of 25 after purchasing a blind and near-paralyzed slave woman, supposedly George Washington's 161 years-old former nurse. She died a year later with an autopsy revealing that she was no more than 80.

He then acquired a museum on Br...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• circus
• biography
• family