Seven Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)

7 Faces of Dr. Lao is a 1964 American Metrocolor fantasy-comedy film directed by George Pal (his final directorial effort) and starring Tony Randall.

Directed by George Pal. With Tony Randall, Barbara Eden, Arthur O'Connell, John Ericson. A mysterious circus comes to a western town bearing wonders and characters that entertain the inhabitants and teach valuable lessons.

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An elderly Chinese man routs evil in a Western frontier town by setting up his circus for the townspeople. The various performers affect each of the circus' visitors in a different way, and in the end the unscrupulous citizen who dominates the town repents. Emmy-winner Tony Randall (TV's "The Odd Couple," "Gremlins 2: The New Batch") plays eight different characters in the movie, with the help of Academy Award-winning special visual effects and make-up that earned make-up artist William Tuttle a special Honorary Academy Award for his outstanding make-up achievement!

An elderly Chinese man routs evil in a Western frontier town by setting up his circus for the townspeople. The various performers affect each of the circus' ...

An elderly Chinese man routs evil in a Western frontier town by setting up his circus for the townspeople. The various performers affect each of the circus' ...

In this film, Dr. Lao, an enigmatic Chinese medicine-show impresario, brings his travelling show into the frontier town of Abalone, which is chafing under the oppression of land-hungry Clint Stark. Each of the townspeople learn a great many truths about themselves when they attend Dr. Lao's unusual circus.

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7 Faces of Dr. Lao is a 1964 film directed by George Pál and written by Charles G. Finney (novel) and Charles Beaumont (screenplay). A mysterious man brings a circus to a small Western town. As the townspeople explore the exhibits, they discover many surprising and often unpleasa

I believe this is some kind of record. I could tell within the first ten seconds that I was absolutely going to hate 7 Faces of Dr. Lao/The Secret World of Dr. Lao. It isn’t an especially bad film, but this painfully corny family-oriented fantasy

Overview of 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, 1964, directed by George Pal, with Tony Randall, Barbara Eden, Arthur O'Connell, at Turner Classic Movies