Film

Shakes the Clown

1991 · 1h 27m · Comedy · Crime · Drama

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

IMDb

5.6

Rotten Tomatoes

43%

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.

Bobcat Goldthwait

Shakes The Clown

Julie Brown

Judy

Adam Sandler

Dink the Clown

Blake Clark

Stenchy the Clown

Tom Kenny

Binky the Clown

Paul Dooley

Owen Cheese

Kathy Griffin

Lucy

Robin Williams

Mime Class Instructor

LaWanda Page

Female Clown Barfly

Martin Charles Warner

Male Clown Barfly

Bruce Baum

Ty the Rodeo Clown

Paul Kozlowski

HoHo the Clown

Dan Spencer

Boots the Clown

Jeremy Kramer

Detective Boar

Greg Travis

Randi the Rodeo Clown

Florence Henderson

The Unknown Woman

• Bobcat GoldthwaitDirector · Writer
• Ann LulyProducer
• Paul ColichmanProducer
• Melissa CobbProducer
• Elliot DavisDirector of Photography
• Bobby BukowskiDirector of Photography
• Tom ScottOriginal Music Composer
• J. Kathleen GibsonEditor

Shakes the Clown (1991) Trailer.

Release date

August 28, 1991

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

R

Budget

$1,400,000

Revenue

$115,103

Genres

Comedy, Crime, Drama

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