The read
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
Bold performer Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent financial need, she agrees to a risky new number: she'll put her head into the lion's mouth! With this attraction, the circus makes it to New York and Tira can pursue her dearest occupation — flirting with rich men and accepting expensive presents.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
66 audience votes
Key crew
- Wesley RugglesDirector
- Mae WestScreenplay
- Rudolph G. KoppOriginal Music Composer
- John LeipoldOriginal Music Composer
- Herman HandOriginal Music Composer
- Heinz RoemheldOriginal Music Composer
- Howard JacksonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Mae WestTira
- Cary GrantJack Clayton
- Gregory RatoffBenny Pinkowitz
- Edward ArnoldBig Bill Barton
- Ralf HaroldeSlick Wiley
- Kent TaylorKirk Lawrence
- Gertrude MichaelAlicia Hatton
- Russell Hopton'Flea' Madigan
- Dorothy PetersonThelma
- William B. DavidsonErnest Brown
- Gertrude HowardBeulah Thorndyke
- Libby TaylorTira's Maid
Stills
Themes
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