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Sex Circus

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A sadistic lion tamer recruits girls for a circus style nightclub.

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The Valley of Gwangi (La Vallée de Gwangi)

Title The Valley of Gwangi (La Vallée de Gwangi)
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A group of cowboys capture a Tyrannosaurus Rex living in the Forbidden Valley. Their expedition leader hands the animal over to a Mexican circus. But his victim, called the Gwangi, turns out to have an aversion to being shown in public and manages to break loose…

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Carnival of blood

Title Carnival of blood
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A psychopathic killer uses the carousel ride at a carnival to pick his victims, whom he then murders and dismembers.

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The Day the Clown Cried

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The story of a washed-up German circus clown named Helmut Doork during the beginning of World War II and the Holocaust. Although he was once a famous performer who toured North America and Europe with the Ringling Brothers, Doork is now past his prime and receives little respect. After Doork causes an accident during a show, the head clown convinces the circus owner to demote Doork. Upon returning home, Doork confides his problems to his wife Ada, and she encourages him to stand up for himself.

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Ssssss (SSSSnake)

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A college student becomes lab assistant to a scientist who is working on a serum that can transform humans into snakes.

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The Great Waldo Pepper (La Kermesse des aigles)

Title The Great Waldo Pepper (La Kermesse des aigles)
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A biplane pilot who had missed flying in WWI takes up barnstorming and later a movie career in his quest for the glory he had missed, eventually getting a chance to prove himself in a film depicting the dogfights in the Great War.

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Buffalo Bill and the Indians or Sitting Bull's History Lesson                                                                                     (Buffalo Bill et les Indiens)

Title Buffalo Bill and the Indians or Sitting Bull's History Lesson                                                                                     (Buffalo Bill et les Indiens)
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In 1885, Buffalo Bill prepares his Wild West Show and Chief Sitting Bull agrees to join in, after having been captured by the military. But when the President of the United States comes to see the show, the Indian chief slightly changes his plans…

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Fellini’s Casanova (Le Casanova de Fellini or Il Casanova di Federico Fellini)

Title Fellini’s Casanova (Le Casanova de Fellini or Il Casanova di Federico Fellini)
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Here Fellini presents a portrait that goes against the traditional notion of Casanova as an enlightened gadabout. A stark look at the man’s loneliness, as the respect for which he yearns is constantly undermined by his more basic urges.

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Dumbo

Title Dumbo
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A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans a new venture, Dumbo and his friends discover dark secrets beneath its shiny veneer.

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