Circus of Fear (1966)

Directors: Werner Jacobs, John Llewellyn Moxey (as John Moxey)
Writer: Harry Alan Towers (screenplay) (as Peter Welbeck)
Stars: Christopher Lee, Leo Genn, Anthony Newlands

In the wake of a daring armored car heist that ends with the murder of a security guard, police detective Jim Elliott (Leo Genn) follows a trail of clues to the traveling Barberini Circus, which has just passed through London. Though Elliot suspects a conspiracy under the big top, he discovers strained relations between lion tamer Gregor (Christopher Lee) and his associates. Elliot struggles to find his man – and recover the stolen cash – in a maze of blackmail and deceit.

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