Carnival Story

Director: Kurt Neumann Kurt Neumann

Overview

Based on the comic book by the same name, the hero takes on a crazed scientist who creates deadly machines for his own villainous schemes.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/04/2013
UPC:	0089859896620
Original Release:	1954
Rating:	NR
Source:	VCI VIDEO
Region Code:	A
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:35:00
Sales rank:	45,587

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Anne Baxter	Willie
Steve Cochran	Joe Hammond
Lyle Bettger	Frank Colloni
George Nader	Bill Vines
Jay C. Flippen	Charley
Helene Stanley	Peggy
Adi Berber	Groppo,Groppo

Technical Credits

Kurt Neumann

Hans Jacoby

Kurt Neumann	Director,Screenwriter
Frank King	Producer,Producer
Hans Jacoby	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

Carnival Story is a fairly ho-hum melodrama that has a colorful background and a game cast going for it, but not much else. Nothing in Carnival's screenplay really feels right; everything has been rigged simply for the sake of creating effect. As a result, viewers must watch Anne Baxter suffer abuse at the hands of Steve Cochran time and again and come back for more without ever having a reason to believe that she would actually behave in this way. There's a great deal of drama that can be mined out of such a situation, but the bite of reality has to be there in order to make it worth while. There's also something just not right about Baxter in this carnival setting; she doesn't seem to belong there. Had the filmmakers used this "otherness" creatively, it might have made for some interesting depth. Instead, it just makes things awkward. For her part, Baxter tries hard and does well. She's not ideally cast, but when she finds the parts of the character that suit her, she drives them home. Steve Cochran, Lyle Bettger and George Nader are fine as the various love interests. They, too, are hampered by the writing but make the most of things.