Movie · 1981
When the Circus Came to Town
Released 20 January 1981 120 min Drama / TV Movie More from 1981 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
When the Circus Came to Town chronicles the life of Mary Flynn (Montgomery), a woman nearing middle age living in a small town. When the circus comes through town, she realizes nothing will ever change unless she does something different, so she leaves her boring sheltered life to run away and join the circus. While adapting to her new life, she finds herself challenged, and in the end, happy with her new life.
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How old were they?
Wallace Wilkinson
as Minister
Christopher Plummer
as Duke Royal
Eileen Brennan
as Jessy
Gretchen Wyler
as Olivia Probashka
Bob Yerkes
as Georgi Probashka
Elizabeth Montgomery
as Mary Flynn
J. Don Ferguson
as Andre Probashka
Anne Haney
as Blossom
Anne Shropshire
as Aunt Helen
Tommy Madden
as Louie
Timothy Hill
as Schuller
Russell Saunders
as Ivan Probashka
Mark Yerkes
as Sergei Probashka
George Ellis
as Rodriguez
Clara Dunn
as Ms. Bailey
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The numbers
8years between the oldest and youngest billed
54Wallace Wilkinson — oldest on the call sheet
46Anne Haney — youngest billed
49average age of the credited cast