Ring of FearA real "must see" for devotees of 1950s pop culture, Ring of Fear boasts a script co-written by character actor
Paul Fix and a cast which includes the likes of animal trainer
Clyde Beatty and pulp-fiction novelist
Mickey Spillane. The story takes place in
Beatty's travelling circus, where a homicidal maniac named Dublin (
Sean McClory) is doing his best to wreck the show. It's all because Dublin is in love with Valerie (
Marian Carr), the wife of aerialist Armond St. Denis (
John Bromfield). Since the cops don't know who's behind all the trouble, they call in crime expert
Spillane (cast as himself). Dublin nearly succeeds in bumping off
Spillane before he himself is dispatched by a giant tiger. Representing the Law is Pat O'Brien, who delivers his silly dialogue with conviction. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide