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Man on a Tightrope

Man on a Tightrope
★ 6.6/10•1953•1h 45m•NR•Drama•Thriller

It's true! The stranger-than-fiction story that screams with SUSPENSE!

The owner of an impoverished circus in Communist-ruled Czechoslovokia plots to flee across the border to freedom, taking his entire troupe of performers and wild animals with him.

Elia Kazan · Director

Robert E. Sherwood · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 45m
LanguageEN
Release DateMay 21, 1953

Actors

Fredric March

Fredric March

Karel Cernik

Terry Moore

Terry Moore

Tereza Cernik

Gloria Grahame

Gloria Grahame

Zama Cernik

Cameron Mitchell

Cameron Mitchell

Joe Vosdek

Adolphe Menjou

Adolphe Menjou

Fesker

Robert Beatty

Robert Beatty

Barovic

Richard Boone

Richard Boone

Krofta

Alexander D'Arcy

Alexander D'Arcy

Rudolph (as Alex D'Arcy)

Pat Henning

Pat Henning

Konradin

Paul Hartman

Paul Hartman

Jaremir

John Dehner

John Dehner

The Chief

Gert Fröbe

Gert Fröbe

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Big Fish
The Seventh Cross
Dark Passage
Funeral in Berlin
Night Crossing
Mighty Joe Young
Each Dawn I Die
The Greatest Showman
Pickup on South Street
Nightmare Alley
Two Brothers

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