A circus operator and his gymnast friends belonging to a big circus company 'juggle' with their lives and try to bring back the extinct circus culture to the public.
马戏团的表演因为机械无趣而掉了观众,他们面临着破产和开张的危险,谁都不知道会不会有“救星”突如其来。流浪汉查理(查理·卓别林 Charles Chaplin 饰)在游园会中被卷进了一个小偷的圈套中,招来差人的追捕。他像无头的苍蝇一样钻进了正在表演的马戏团。舞台上,查理 隐匿差人的各类肢体动作,被观众当做马戏团的表演,他们很是喜好查理的…