Main Cast: Anne Baxter, Steve Cochran, Lyle Bettger, George Nader, Jay C. Flippen
Release Year: 1954
Country: US
Run Time: 94 minutes
Plot
Lensed in Germany, Carnival Story stars Anne Baxter as a wayward Teutonic lass who joins a travelling carnival troupe. She falls in love with carny spieler Steve Cochran, and out-and-out louse who treats Baxter like dirt and makes her like it. Eventually, she rises to star status through the auspices of high-diver Lyle Bettger, but she can never get over her passion for Cochran. Inevitably, this romantic triangle degenerates into violence, leaving magazine photographer George Nader to pick up the pieces. Carnival Story was filmed simultaneously with a German-language version, Rummelplatz der Liebe, which starred Eva Bartok, Curt Jurgens and Bernhard Wicki. Produced by the King Brothers and released by RKO, Carnival Story has since lapsed into public domain, and as such has become a ubiquitous presence on cable television. There's even a version that has been outfitted with a narration for the benefit of sight-impaired film fans. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Hans Jacoby - Associate Producer, Kurt Neumann - Director, Merrill White - Editor, Willy Schmidt-Gentner - Composer (Music Score), Edward S. Haworth - Production Designer, Hanns Kuhnert - Production Designer, Theo Zwierski - Production Designer, Ernest Haller - Cinematographer, Frank King - Producer, Maurice King - Producer, Marcy Klauber - Screen Story, C.B. Williams - Screen Story, Kurt Neumann - Screenwriter, Hans Jacoby - Screenwriter
