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Carny (1980)

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Gary Busey Gary Busey
Frankie
Jodie Foster Jodie Foster
Donna
Meg Foster Meg Foster
Gerta
Kenneth McMillan Kenneth McMillan
Heavy St. John
Elisha Cook Jr. Elisha Cook Jr.
On-Your-Mark
Tim Thomerson Tim Thomerson
Doubles
Teddy Wilson Teddy Wilson
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Phoebe Kaylor Phoebe Kaylor
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Description: In Robert Kaylor's Carny, the world of the carnival is an illusion manipulated by the carnies to fleece the suckers. The marks generally deserve what they get, because of their greed, corruption, or just plain stupidity. It's share and share alike for Frankie (Gary Busey) and Patch (Robbie Robertson), partners in a dunk-the-bozo act in a carnival travelling through the American South. At one of the small-town stops, Donna (Jodie Foster), an alienated teenager, dumps her obnoxious boyfriend and, with Frankie's encouragement, joins up and moves into their trailer (and Frankie's bed). Feeling displaced, Patch schemes to get Donna o ... (more)
Release date: 23 May 1980
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" Carny is a 1980 American drama film about a waitress who joins a traveling carnival. It stars Gary Busey, Jodie Foster, and Robbie Robertson. It also includes an early role for Fred Ward. The film, featured a earlier performance by Craig Wasson, who plays Patch, worked summer jobs in the traveling carny circuit when he was fourteen and fifteen, respectively. Besides providing inspiration for this film, Robertson's experiences working in the carny circuit as a teenager also inspired the so"


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