Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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The acrobat market has taken a real hit, and the Amendolas, a family circus act, are down on their luck.

That is, until they take up residence with the penny-pinching Dingles, hoping to make the rent some way, some how. The Great Rupert, a crafty squirrel for whom the movie was originally titled, comes to the rescue in a series of magical misunderstandings while the Dingle son Pete falls in love with Rosalinda Amendola.

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