Shakes the Clown

"Loved by children. Desired by women. Adored by bartenders everywhere."

Mar 13 1992 R 1h 27m
Comedy, Crime, Drama

Shakes plods about his duties as party clown, and uses all of his free time getting seriously drunk. Binky, another clown, wins the spot on a local kiddie show, which depresses Shakes even more, and his boss threatens him with unemployment if he can't get his act under control.

Plot

Shakes plods about his duties as party clown, and uses all of his free time getting seriously drunk. Binky, another clown, wins the spot on a local kiddie show, which depresses Shakes even more, and his boss threatens him with unemployment if he can't get his act under control. When someone murders Shakes' boss and makes it look like Shakes did it, he goes undercover, posing as a hated mime, and tries to find information that will clear his name.

Written by

Bobcat Goldthwait

Directed by

Bobcat Goldthwait

Cast

Bobcat Goldthwait, Julie Brown, Bruce Baum

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

IRS Media

Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination

Trailers
Shakes the Clown (1991) Trailer.
Scores
# of Votes
6,083
Average Rating
5.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA