Tillie's Punctured Romance
Mar 03 1928
•1h 57m
•Comedy
The ring master is plotting to get the circus owner done away with in a lion cage so he can take over.
Cast
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W.C. Fields
Ring Master
Chester Conklin
Circus Owner
Louise Fazenda
Tillie
Mack Swain
Tillie's Father
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