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Classic musical. After being killed in a botched robbery, a carnival barker is allowed to return to earth to visit his widow and attend his daughter's high school graduation.

Billy Bigelow, a vagabond and good-for-nothing carnival barker, finally settles down with a first-class woman but gets stabbed to death while committing a robbery. Many years later, an angel offers him the chance to return to earth for just one day to make things right for his miserable wife and the daughter he never had the chance to meet.

Classic musical based on the stage play by Rodgers and Hammerstein.

2 hours, 3 minutes

Last on

Tue 3 Jan 202314:15

Music Played

  • John Williams

    Fox Fanfare

Credits

RoleContributor
DirectorHenry King
WriterHenry Ephron
Louise BigelowSusan Luckey
Cousin NettieClaramae Turner
Billy BigelowGordon MacRae
Jigger CraiginCameron Mitchell
Julie JordanShirley Jones
Starkeeper / Dr SeldenGene Lockhart
Enoch SnowRobert Rounseville
Mr BascombeJohn Dehner
Carrie PipperidgeBarbara Ruick
WriterFerenc Molnar
Heavenly FriendWilliam Lemassena
WriterPhoebe Ephron
WriterBenjamin Glazer
WriterOscar Hammerstein
Mrs MullinAudrey Christie
WriterRichard Rodgers
ProducerHenry Ephron

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