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* ABNegative: The circus train is derailed and a victim needs a blood transfusion. Guess what his blood type is? (And the fact that his AB- blood could accept a transfusion from ANY Rh negative donor is completely unknown to the doctor who is treating him. The donor has to be AB-, or nothing!)

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* ABNegative: The circus train is derailed and a victim needs a blood transfusion. Guess what his blood type is? (And (It was thought in the fact 1950's, when the movie was made, that his AB- the more blood could accept a transfusion from ANY Rh negative the patient lost, the more important it was for the donor is completely unknown to be an exact match to the doctor who receiver. However, if no exact match could be found, the doctors would have accepted a less ideal match if the alternative was the patient's death. That is treating him.not how it's portrayed here, though. The donor has to be AB-, or nothing!)
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Taking inflation into account, the film's box office is among the highest-grossing films in the United States and Canada. It won two Academy Awards (Best Picture and Best Story), and was nominated for three others. It's also notable for being the very first feature film Creator/StevenSpielberg ever saw.

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Taking inflation into account, the film's box office is among the highest-grossing films in the United States and Canada. It won two Academy Awards (Best Picture and Best Story), and was nominated for three others. It's also notable for being the very first feature film Creator/StevenSpielberg ever saw.
saw, and plays a major role in ''Film/TheFabelmans''.
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* NiceHat: Brad's fedora. Don't touch it.
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* HandshakeRefusal: Sebastian refuses a handshake when Brad offers one after his return from the hospital. At first Brad is offended, but he quickly observes how Sebastian is holding a topcoat draped over his right arm, or how he lights a match with only his left hand before smoking a cigarette. It turns out that Sebastian's right hand has been turned into a useless claw by the accident.

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* HandshakeRefusal: Sebastian refuses a handshake when Brad offers one after his return from the hospital. At first Brad is offended, but he quickly observes how Sebastian is holding a topcoat draped over his right arm, or how he lights a match with only his left hand before smoking a cigarette. It turns out that Sebastian's right hand has been turned into a useless claw by the accident. (It's implied near the end that it will get better).

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A [[RecycledTheSeries television series of the same name]], with Creator/JackPalance in the lead role, aired on Creator/{{ABC}} for a single season (1963–64) of 30 episodes.

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A [[RecycledTheSeries television series of the same name]], name]] (produced by Creator/DesiluStudios when it was a separate entity from Creator/{{Paramount}}, which produced the film), with Creator/JackPalance in the lead role, aired on Creator/{{ABC}} for a single season (1963–64) of 30 episodes.
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* AsHimself: Dozens of circus performers play themselves, many just in bit parts. John Ringling North appears as himself in the scene where the board of directors is talking about shortening the tour to cut costs.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: Buttons has been on the run for who knows how many years, but Holly just happens to pick up a newspaper with a big feature spread about his crime. And if that isn't contrived enough, Buttons drives up right behind her on a golf cart as she's reading, and sees it too.

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* TheCasanova: The Great Sebastien.

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* TheCasanova: The Great Sebastien.Sebastian.


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* HandshakeRefusal: Sebastian refuses a handshake when Brad offers one after his return from the hospital. At first Brad is offended, but he quickly observes how Sebastian is holding a topcoat draped over his right arm, or how he lights a match with only his left hand before smoking a cigarette. It turns out that Sebastian's right hand has been turned into a useless claw by the accident.

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