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"DANGER UNDER THE BIG TOP!"

A innocent dentist is murdered and the only apparent motive seems to be to steal a set of dental x-rays. To the police it looks like an accident, but private eye Brad Runyan thinks there's more to it.

Top Cast

  • J. Scott Smart

    J. Scott Smart

    Brad Runyan

  • Julie London

    Julie London

    Pat Boyd

  • Rock Hudson

    Rock Hudson

    Roy Clark

  • Clinton Sundberg

    Clinton Sundberg

    Bill Norton

  • Jayne Meadows

    Jayne Meadows

    Jane Adams

  • John Russell

    John Russell

    Gene Gordon

  • Jerome Cowan

    Jerome Cowan

    L.t. Stark

  • Emmett Kelly

    Emmett Kelly

    Ed Deets

  • Lucille Barkley

    Lucille Barkley

    Lola Gordon

Overview

A innocent dentist is murdered and the only apparent motive seems to be to steal a set of dental x-rays. To the police it looks like an accident, but private eye Brad Runyan thinks there's more to it.

Rating

5.8 / 10
18 Reviews
1 Popular

1 Reviews

  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    6 Nov 27, 2023

    A dentist preparing to give a big speech at a conference makes the mistake of opening his door late one evening. Next thing he has been coshed and papped out of a fifteenth story window. Why? Well the rather easily pleased police conclude he succumbed to a fit of nerves, took some calming pills and... His long-term nursing assistant "Pat" (Julie London) doesn't buy that, though. She smells a rat and seeks out the help of the eponymous, renowned, investigator (J. Scott Smart). Can he put down his cutlery long enough to help her find out why she is being followed, what has happened both to her missing ex-con boyfriend "Roy" (Rock Hudson) and to $500,000 in stolen loot? In many ways this reminded me of a "Charlie Chan" mystery only here it's "Bill" (Clinton Sundberg) who takes the place of "No. 2 son" as the useful factotum who helps his boss to a conclusion in a circus. It takes just a bit too long to get going - a snappy start rather settles down a bit too much, but Smart does enough to keep the mystery rolling along with language that we'd never be allowed to use in a film nowadays. Sometimes I wonder how Rock Hudson ever achieved stardom. He was easy enough on the eye, but versatile he certainly wasn't! Watchable but you won't remember it.

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