The Circus Queen Murder (1933)

Suave lipreading DA Thatcher Colt plans to get away from the big city for a while So he and his secretary Miss Kelly hop on a train for an Upstate NY town called Gilead They expect a calm oasis but when a small time circus rolls into town they soon find themselves caught up in a sordid tale of marital infidelity murder cruelty to animals and cannibalism