- 'Pel' Pelham is a veteran carnival barker who's happily married and desperately wants a good education for his young son. With money borrowed from bookie Tony Lewis, he persuades Sapolio, a professional "starving man," to attempt to break his own world's record of 65 days without food. Pel, a natural promoter…
- The part of "Sussi" was originally intended to be played by Simone Madsen (or in Denmark better known as Stripper-Simone) but she was pregnant and went into labor and got hospitalized on the day before the shooting of the film started. Anna Bård jumped on the wagon in the last minute, saving the day for the p…