Leave 'em Laughing

• Director: Jackie Cooper
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Docudrama, Biopic
• Themes: Orphans
• Main Cast: Mickey Rooney
• Release Year: 1981
• Country: US
• Run Time: 103 minutes

Plot

Mickey Rooney stars in this made-for-TV docudrama as circus clown Jack Thum, who aids his wife (Anne Jackson) in raising dozens of orphans; despite learning he is dying, Jack still struggles to earn money to support his growing brood. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide

Cast

Red Buttons; Elisha Cook, Jr.; Allen Garfield; Anne Jackson; Michael Le Clair; William Windom; Mickey Rooney - Jack Thum

Credit

Ned Parsons - Art Director, Jackie Cooper - Director, Jerry Dronsky - Editor, Charles W. Fries - Executive Producer, Stanley Ralph Ross - Composer (Music Score), Jimmie Haskell - Composer (Music Score), Howard Schwartz - Cinematographer, Alan Sacks - Producer, Julian Fowles - Producer, Mickey Rooney - Singer, Jesse Wayne - Stunts, Peggy Chantler-Dick - Screen Story, Cynthia W. Mandelberg - Screenwriter

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