Employed by a Mother (Patrika Darbo) to babysit her ‘perfect’ son, the Kid (Mathew J Connors), the Optimist (Enn Reitel) finds the spoilt 10-year old is a real problem.

Trying to keep the Kid amused, they visit the local circus, where the Optimist immediately falls in love with the circus trapeze artist Girl (Christine Garner) and faces a rival, strongman the Bulk (Dennis Brekner). After fantasising he’s part of the high wire act, he also finds himself forced into performing with acrobats, clowns, and a knife thrower, before being fired from a cannon by the cunning Kid.

New Century Films production
with Charisma Films
for Channel 4

filmed on location in
Los Angeles, California
Summer 1982

our thanks to

Mazda Cars

Bob Yerkes

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