Leave 'Em Laughing Movie Review 1981

Rooney plays Chicago clown Jack Thum in this based-on-real-life TV movie. Thum takes in orphans even though he cannot find steady work, and then discovers he has cancer.

Distribution

Available on VHS
Running time 103 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comedy Drama

Cast

Mickey Rooney, Anne Jackson, Allen (Goorwitz) Garfield, Elisha Cook, William Windom, Red Buttons, Michael LeClair

Director

Jackie Cooper

Producer

CBS, Julian Fowles Productions, Charles Fries Productions