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* WhipItGood: Lion tamer Clyde Beatty makes extensive use of his whip during the film.
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''Ring of Fear'' is a 1954 American mystery/adventure film directed by James Edward Grant, and starring Clyde Beatty, Creator/MickeySpillane, Pat O'Brien and Sean [=Mcclory=].
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''Ring of Fear'' is a 1954 American mystery/adventure film directed by James Edward Grant, and starring Clyde Beatty, Creator/MickeySpillane, Pat O'Brien and Sean [=Mcclory=].
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* VillainProtagonist: Although he is fourth billed, psychopath Dublin O'Malley (played by Sean [=McClory=]) is actually the central character. And the first two credited actors [[NonActorVehicle weren't actors, but were famous for other things]]: Clyde Beatty as a Circus Owner/Lion Tamer and Mickey Spillane an author: both playing themselves.
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* VillainProtagonist: Although he is fourth billed, psychopath Dublin O'Malley (played by Sean [=McClory=]) is actually the central character. And the first two credited actors names [[NonActorVehicle weren't actors, but were famous for other things]]: Clyde Beatty as a Circus Owner/Lion Tamer and Mickey Spillane an author: both playing themselves.
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* MassiveNumberedSiblings: A brief visual gag shows a bored looking father sitting in the circus audience surrounding by at least eight children: all of whom are identical twins.
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* MassiveNumberedSiblings: A brief visual gag shows a bored looking father sitting in the circus audience surrounding surrounded by at least eight children: all of whom are identical twins.
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* SoundTrackDissonance: Jumps straight from the gruesome SoundOnlyDeath of O'Malley being mauled to pieces by a tiger to the ridiculously cheerful and upbeat song "The Circus is Coming".
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* SoundTrackDissonance: SoundtrackDissonance: Jumps straight from the gruesome SoundOnlyDeath of O'Malley being mauled to pieces by a tiger to the ridiculously cheerful and upbeat song "The Circus is Coming".
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* SoundOnlyDeath: The characters (and the audience) can only hear the growls of the tiger and the screams of O'Malley as he is mauled to death inside the locked boxcar.
* SoundTrackDissonance: Jumps straight from the gruesome SoundOnlyDeath of O'Malley being mauled to pieces by a tiger to the ridiculously cheerful and upbeat song "The Circus is Coming".
* SoundTrackDissonance: Jumps straight from the gruesome SoundOnlyDeath of O'Malley being mauled to pieces by a tiger to the ridiculously cheerful and upbeat song "The Circus is Coming".
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* MysteryWriterDetective: Wallace calls in Mickey Spillane to investigate the sabotage at the circus because of his fame as a mystery writer.
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* InescapablePrisonEasilyEscaped: O'Malley escapes from a maximum security facility for the criminally insane mere minutes after his appeal is turned down, with no indication that he has done any planning or preparation for it.
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* KarmicDeath: O'Malley dies at the teeth and claws of the tiger he has spent the movie tormenting when he frees it from its cage to create havoc while he escapes from the circus.
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* WhipItGood: Lion tamer Clyde Beatty makes extensive use of his whip during the film.
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* AnimalNemesis: Dublin O'Malley hates the tiger that almost killed him, and plots to turn it into an AnimalAssassin to use against Clyde Beatty, the man who saved him from the tiger: thereby destroying the two beings he holds responsible for his humiliation and downfall.
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* FauxAffablyevil: Dublin O'Malley has an easygoing charm that makes him instantly likable and an excellent ringmaster. However, it is all just an act and beneath it he is a homicidal maniac who will kill you just as soon as look at you.
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* FauxAffablyevil: FauxAffablyEvil: Dublin O'Malley has an easygoing charm that makes him instantly likable and an excellent ringmaster. However, it is all just an act and beneath it he is a homicidal maniac who will kill you just as soon as look at you.
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* FauxAffablyevil: Dublin O'Malley has an easygoing charm that makes him instantly likable and an excellent ringmaster. However, it is all just an act and beneath it he is a homicidal maniac who will kill you just as soon as look at you.
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* OralFixation: In just about every scene he is in, Spillane is either eating or drinking, or has a cigarette, piece of straw or toothpick in his mouth.
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* FakingAndEntering: After drowning Twitchy, O'Malley fakes a break-in on his trailer so it looks like Twitchy had broken into his liquor cabinet and stolen the bottle of rum that was found at the crime scene.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Twitchy develops a guilty conscience and decides to go to Beatty and confess about the sabotage. However, he decides to tell O'Malley first and give him the opportunity to come clean as well. On hearing Twitchy's plans, O'Malley drowns him in the animal trough.
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* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: After rejoining the circus, O'Malley constantly torments the tiger that he blames (along with Clyde Beatty) for his downfall and humiliation; doing such things as shooting it with a slingshot. His cruelty to the big cat will come back to bite him in the end: [[LiteralMetaphor quite literally]].
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: psychopath Dublin O'Malley turns loose the half-wild tiger that he has been tormenting thoroughout the movie as his final act of vengeance on the circus as he makes his escape. He then hides in an empty boxcar on a freight train. However, lion tamer Clyde Beatty drives the tiger into the boxcar to corral it, and then shuts and locks the door. It is only as the train starts pulling out that they hear the growls of the tiger and O'Malley's screams and realise what has happened.
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* HappilyNarried: Trapeze stars Valarie and Armand St. Dennis are happily married: a fact that drives Dublin O'Malley, who is an old flame of Valerie, into a murderous rage.
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* HappilyNarried: Trapeze stars Valarie and Armand St. Dennis are happily married: a fact that drives Dublin O'Malley, who is an old flame of Valerie, into a murderous rage.
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* MassiveNumberedsiblings: A brief visual gag shows a bored looking father sitting in the circus audience surrounding by at least eight children: all of whom are identical twins.
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* BratsWithSlingshots: Wallace confiscates a slingshot from a trio of boys who are looking at the animals. O'Malley later uses the slingshot to further antagonize the tiger he hates.
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* AnimalAssassin: O'Malley attempts to kill animal trainer Clyde Beatty by having Twitchy use acid to weaken the harness rope restraining a touchy tiger Beatty is training. When the tiger lunges for Beatty, the rope snaps and only Beatty's superior reflexes allow to escape the cage in time.
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* SerenadeYourLover: ComicRelief Pedro is serenading his latest romantic interest outside her caravan window with a guitar. She dumps a bucket of water of him.
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* BlindingCameraFlash: O'Malley blinds Spillane by jamming his camera in his fave and triggering the flash. While Spillane is blinded, O'Malley knocks him out.
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* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: O'Malley makes his attacks on the circus look like accidents, such as weakening the rope holding a tiger with acid or sabotaging Armand's trapeze. this causes some performers to believe the show is jinxed.
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* TrainEscape: After escaping from the asylum, O'Malley is spotted and pursued by the police. He scrambles on to a passing freight train and is followed by one of he cops. He then leaps from the top of the train onto another train going the opposite direction on the next track and losses his pursuer.
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* VillainProtagonist: Although he is fourth billed, psychopath Dublin O'Malley (played by Sean [=McClory=] is actually the central character. And the first two credited actors [[NonActorVehicle weren't actors, but were famous for other things]]: Clyde Beatty as a Circus Owner/Lion Tamer and Mickey Spillane an author: both playing themselves.
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* VillainProtagonist: Although he is fourth billed, psychopath Dublin O'Malley (played by Sean [=McClory=] [=McClory=]) is actually the central character. And the first two credited actors [[NonActorVehicle weren't actors, but were famous for other things]]: Clyde Beatty as a Circus Owner/Lion Tamer and Mickey Spillane an author: both playing themselves.
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* VillianProtagonist: VillainProtagonist: Although he is fourth billed, psychopath Dublin O'Malley (played by Sean [=McClory=] is actually the central character. And the first two credited actors [[NonActorVehicle weren't actors, but were famous for other things]]: Clyde Beatty as a Circus Owner/Lion Tamer and Mickey Spillane an author: both playing themselves.
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* CircusOfFear: The Clyde Beatty Circus seems jinxed, falling victim again and again to apparent accidents which are actually the acts of a murderous saboteur.
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* AsHimself: Clyde Beatty and Mickey Spillane. Additionally, various members the Clyde Beatty circus appear as themselves performing their circus acts.
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* OffBridgeOntoVehicle: When escaping from the asylum, O'Malley jumps off a walkway on to a truck, which he then steals.
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* BlindingCameraFlash: O'Malley blinds Spillane by jamming his camera in his fave and triggering the flash. While Spillane is blinded, O'Malley knocks him out.
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* MuggedForDisguise: After escaping the asylum, O'Malley knock out a railroad worker and steals his clothes. He then dresses the worker in his asylum uniform and pushes him in front of a train to [[FakingTheDead convince the authorities that he has died]].
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* NonActorVehicle: Star billing goes to circus owner/lion tamer Clyde Beatty and mystery writer Creator/MickeySpillane.
* OffBridgeOntoVehicle: When escaping from the asylum, O'Malley jumps off a walkway on to a truck, which he then steals.
* NonActorVehicle: Star billing goes to circus owner/lion tamer Clyde Beatty and mystery writer Creator/MickeySpillane.
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* FakingTheDead: After [[Muggedfordisguise stealing a railroad worker's clothes]], O'Malley dresses the worker's in his uniform from the insane asylum and shoves him in front of a train: causing authorities to believe he had died attempting to hitch a ride on the train.
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* FakingTheDead: After [[Muggedfordisguise [[MuggedForDisguise stealing a railroad worker's clothes]], O'Malley dresses the worker's in his uniform from the insane asylum and shoves him in front of a train: causing authorities to believe he had died attempting to hitch a ride on the train.
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''Ring of Fear'' is a 1954 American mystery/adventure film directed by James Edward Grant, and starring Clyde Beatty, Creator/Mickeyspillane, Pat O'Brien and Sean [=Mcclory=].
After unstable former circus performer Dublin O'Malley ([=McClory=]) escapes from a mental institution, he goes after Clyde Beatty (Beatty), the animal trainer whom O'Malley blames for his fate. He is also obsessed with Valerie (Marian Carr), a trapeze performer and old flame. When O'Malley arrives, dangerous accidents start happening around the circus, and manager Frank Wallace (O'Brien) calls for help from mystery writer Mickey Spillane (Spillane).
!!Tropes of Fear:
* TheAlcoholic: O'Malley's main accomplice is Twitchy, an alcoholic clown. Beatty has stated that he will fire any member of the crew who buys Twitchy alcohol.
* FakingTheDead: After [[Muggedfordisguise stealing a railroad worker's clothes]], O'Malley dresses the worker's in his uniform from the insane asylum and shoves him in front of a train: causing authorities to believe he had died attempting to hitch a ride on the train.
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: O'Malley makes his attacks on the circus look like accidents, such as weakening the rope holding a tiger with acid or sabotaging Armand's trapeze. this causes some performers to believe the show is jinxed.
* MuggedForDisguise: After escaping the asylum, O'Malley knock out a railroad worker and steals his clothes. He then dresses the worker in his asylum uniform and pushes him in front of a train to [[FakingTheDead convince the authorities that he has died]].
After unstable former circus performer Dublin O'Malley ([=McClory=]) escapes from a mental institution, he goes after Clyde Beatty (Beatty), the animal trainer whom O'Malley blames for his fate. He is also obsessed with Valerie (Marian Carr), a trapeze performer and old flame. When O'Malley arrives, dangerous accidents start happening around the circus, and manager Frank Wallace (O'Brien) calls for help from mystery writer Mickey Spillane (Spillane).
!!Tropes of Fear:
* TheAlcoholic: O'Malley's main accomplice is Twitchy, an alcoholic clown. Beatty has stated that he will fire any member of the crew who buys Twitchy alcohol.
* FakingTheDead: After [[Muggedfordisguise stealing a railroad worker's clothes]], O'Malley dresses the worker's in his uniform from the insane asylum and shoves him in front of a train: causing authorities to believe he had died attempting to hitch a ride on the train.
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: O'Malley makes his attacks on the circus look like accidents, such as weakening the rope holding a tiger with acid or sabotaging Armand's trapeze. this causes some performers to believe the show is jinxed.
* MuggedForDisguise: After escaping the asylum, O'Malley knock out a railroad worker and steals his clothes. He then dresses the worker in his asylum uniform and pushes him in front of a train to [[FakingTheDead convince the authorities that he has died]].
