I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Allegedly based on the 1933 play of the same name by George S. Kaufman and Alexander Woollcott, the movie bears little resemblance to this source at all and is actually based on the 1894 novel, Trilby, by George Du Maurier - a property that Warner Brothers also owned. The most notable film version was Svengali (1931) in which John Barrymore played the title character. On this occasion, the role is played - and played well - by sanpaku-eyed Herbert Lom, while Anne Crawford makes a most effective Trilby and David Farrar a more powerful and charismatic version of Little Billee. The setting has been cleverly changed from opera to a circus, enabling director Harlow to incorporate a number of genuine acts, including a thrilling sequence in which a clown performs a number of breathtaking high wire stunts. Nominal star, Ben Lyon, doesn't get too much in the way. Production values impress and the noirish photography by Otto Heller is a stand-out, particularly in the Herbert Lom sequences.

An Early British "Horror" Film that was virtually Unseen in America until recently. The Circus really does have a Sleazy, Sinister side and has been Exploited in a number of Films and it usually is quite an Effective Backdrop for Suspense and Quirky Characters. This Movie Displays that Creepy Environs. Herbert Lom's Uncanny Performance as Torg, a Name that in itself Evokes Shutters, is the Mesmerizing Force behind this Offbeat Penetration into the Mind of a Desperate, Powerful Individual that literally Seduces his way to the (Big) Top. An Allegory of another Master Mind Manipulator.A Spellbinding Film that is an Unusually Dark and Disturbing War-Time Entry. Made at a Time when Germany was under the Sinister Spell of a Real "Svengali" named Hitler.

Herbert Lom plays a hypnotist in this thrilling British film noir. The young Lom seems an uneasy cross between Peter Lorre and Charles Boyer. The plot is gripping. It's familiar but beautifully executed here. As an audience of one, I was on the edge of my chair.The entire cast is excellent. The feel of a circus is real: It reminded me from time to time of an earlier great movie about a circus: "Freaks." And even the props are good: The laughing sailor is horrifying. When the circus owner shows this device off, members of his troupe laugh. But I was horrified by the grotesque laugh and jerky moments.The main draw is Lom's brilliant performance. He is meant to be creepy, and he is. But, often shown in close-up, he is also handsome. And that too is part of what makes the beautiful tightrope walker fall under his spell.He is a force of evil. Yet we are not, I think, meant to despise him. He has a few lines about the unhappy childhood that made him yearn to be taken seriously.This little known movie deserves a wide audience and great a critical acclaim

Murder under the big top has often been a favorite topic for the screen, especially when you add jealousy and rivalry to the mix. This is a British film made during the war years at a studio that was later bombed and put out of use.HERBERT LOM has a key role as a hypnotist hired by the circus to give one of their high wire performers (ANNE CRAWFORD) the nerve to perform a dangerous act while under his positive spell. She's married to David FARRAR but soon attracts the hypnotist with her blonde beauty. BEN LYON is manager of the circus troupe. Lom wants respect and tells the circus manager he has the power to command success.The plot ambles along rather pleasantly with just enough tension to keep the interest up as Lom soon becomes important to the circus because he has complete control over Crawford, much to her husband's dismay. There are a few surprises later on, when the high wire act under the hypnotist's guidance goes awry with tragic circumstances. An additional surprise is the twist given the ending.Lom really steals the film as the hypnotist with magnetic eyes. David Farrar and Anne Crawford are both perfect as the husband and wife team torn apart by his interference.Better than average circus drama from the U.K.