The Glass Tomb
Crowds flock to a carnival sideshow to see "The Starving Man", a heavyset man who claims he can go 70 days without eating. However, a couple of murders occur at the carnival, resulting in the police b…
The Glass Tomb
Crowds flock to a carnival sideshow to see "The Starving Man", a heavyset man who claims he can go 70 days without eating. However, a couple of murders occur at the carnival, resulting in the police becoming involved. 'Pel' Pelham is a veteran carnival barker who's happily married and desperately wants a good education for his young son. With money borrowed from bookie Tony Lewis, he persuades Sapolio, a professional "starving man," to attempt to break his own world's record of 65 days without food. Pel, a natural promoter, persuades a real estate broker to donate land for the show, which will feature Sapolio inside a glass cage housed in a tent to be ogled by the curious paying public. Prior to the start of the ordeal, Sapolio and his wife throw a party in their flat. When a girl in an upstairs apartment is murdered, suspicion falls on Pel and Tony Lewis, the girl's former boyfriend. Sapolio unknowingly has glimpsed the murderer, but initially cannot remember what he looked like. That makes "The Starving Man" a target for the real killer. —Gabe Taverney (duke1029@aol.com) The carnival barker Pel Pelham borrows some money with his friend Tony Lewis. In return, he convinces his friend Rena Maroni, who was Tony's mistress, to stop blackmailing him. Pet wants to promote a side show with her neighbor Henri Sapolio, who is a starving man. Sapolio and his wife decides to give a party at their apartment and Sapolio glances at a man leaving Rena's apartment. Later they find that Rena was murdered and the police suspect that one guest is the killer. —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The Glass Tomb
Drama,Mystery
Film Details
Crowds flock to a carnival sideshow to see "The Starving Man", a heavyset man who claims he can go 70 days without eating. However, a couple of murders occur at the carnival, resulting in the police becoming involved. 'Pel' Pelham is a veteran carnival barker who's happily married and desperately wants a good education for his young son.
With money borrowed from bookie Tony Lewis, he persuades Sapolio, a professional "starving man," to attempt to break his own world's record of 65 days without food. Pel, a natural promoter, persuades a real estate broker to donate land for the show, which will feature Sapolio inside a glass cage housed in a tent to be ogled by the curious paying public. Prior to the start of the ordeal, Sapolio and his wife throw a party in their flat.
When a girl in an upstairs apartment is murdered, suspicion falls on Pel and Tony Lewis, the girl's former boyfriend. Sapolio unknowingly has glimpsed the murderer, but initially cannot remember what he looked like. That makes "The Starving Man" a target for the real killer.
—Gabe Taverney (duke1029@aol.com) The carnival barker Pel Pelham borrows some money with his friend Tony Lewis. In return, he convinces his friend Rena Maroni, who was Tony's mistress, to stop blackmailing him. Pet wants to promote a side show with her neighbor Henri Sapolio, who is a starving man.
Sapolio and his wife decides to give a party at their apartment and Sapolio glances at a man leaving Rena's apartment. Later they find that Rena was murdered and the police suspect that one guest is the killer. —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.