The Main Attraction

1962
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1h 30m

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Pat Boone and Nancy Kwan in The Main Attraction (1962)

A guitar-playing traveler on the run from a murder charge joins a circus, where falling for two different women complicates his life.A guitar-playing traveler on the run from a murder charge joins a circus, where falling for two different women complicates his life.A guitar-playing traveler on the run from a murder charge joins a circus, where falling for two different women complicates his life.

Director
- Daniel Petrie
Writers
- John Patrick
- Marguerite Roberts
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4.9/10

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Director
- Daniel Petrie
Writers
- John Patrick
- Marguerite Roberts
Stars

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Pat Boone

Eddie

Nancy Kwan

Tessa

Mai Zetterling

Gina

Yvonne Mitchell

Elleanora Marino

Kieron Moore

Rico Marino

John Le Mesurier

Bozo
(as John LeMesurier)

Lionel Blair

Clown
(uncredited)

Golda Casimir

Peasant Woman
(uncredited)

Carl Duering

Bus Driver
(uncredited)

Warren Mitchell

Cafe Proprietor
(uncredited)

Lionel Murton

Joe Burton
(uncredited)

Bill Picton

Undetermined Secondary Role
(uncredited)

Frank Sieman

Band Announcer
(uncredited)

Director
- Daniel Petrie
Writers
- John Patrick
- Marguerite Roberts
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Trivia
The policeman who was checking the cars was wearing a German-style M43 mountain cap. In front was a hat badge, with both sides of the hat badge pinched. This is known as the Prussian Pinch.

Goofs
At the mountain chalet, the bedroom is inverted vertically when Eddie returns than when he left. For example, the door is to the left of the bed when he leaves, and is to the right of the bed when he returns. There are indications that when Eddie returns is the correct perspective (before he leaves, he uses his "left" hand for many regularly dominant hand tasks; after he returns, his watch is on his correct left wrist).

Quotes
Tessa: Oh, it's you.
Eddie: The Voice of America.

Connections
Featured in Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963)

Soundtracks
The Main Attraction
Music by Pat Boone
Lyrics by Pat Boone & Jeff Corey
Performed by Pat Boone (uncredited)
[Played during the opening title card and credits; reprises as Eddie sings the song with the circus orchestra in the middle of the movie and in the final scene]

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7/10

Charming candyfloss

Handsome drifter, able crooner and guitar player and pursued for a murder he didn't commit, gets involved with pretty young circus girl as they brave an avalanche in the Italian Alps. I was unprepared to be as charmed by this candyfloss feature as I was. God know there's not one iota of bad-guy in Pat Boone who tries hard to fit the picture of insolent masculinity and act the cad. Someone who sings 'Amore, baciami' with honeyed tones such as his is not destined for evildom. If it comes your way, watch it by all means, it's not half bad.