P.T. Barnum (1999)

7.0/10 180 min Drama TV Movie

Overview

This series illustrates the life and career of P.T. Barnum, America's greatest showman and promoter. Starting as a young man who managed an old woman who was supposedly George Washington's nursemaid, we see his career as he finds success promoting curiosities and attractions with panache and a judicious mix of truth and creativity, whether it be promoting his museum or characters like the midget General Tom Thumb. Yet because the demands of his businesses, his family life is troubled and marred by tragedy. All the while, events lead to his greatest creation, the Ringling Brothers/Barnum & Bailey Circus.

Cast

Beau Bridges

P.T. Barnum

Jordan Bridges

Young P.T. Barnum

Cynthia Dale

Charity

George Hamilton

Francis Olmsted

Henry Czerny

Greenwood

Charles Martin Smith

Beach

Josh Ryan Evans

(General) Tom Thumb

R.H. Thomson

James Anthony Bailey

Art Kitching

Samuel Hurd

Stephanie Morgenstern

Nancy (Fish)

Serge Houde

John Genin

Isabelle Cyr

Caroline (Barnum)

Bruce Dinsmore

David Thompson

Victoria Sanchez

Helen (Barnum)

Michèle-Barbara Pelletier

Pauline

Alain Goulem

Nathan Seely

Howard Ryshpan

James Heath

Jayne Heitmeyer

Jenny Lind

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