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Man on a Tightrope(1953)

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

6.6(33)1h 45m1953-05-21

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Overview

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.

Director:: Elia Kazan
Writers:: Neil Paterson, Robert E. Sherwood
Producers:: Robert L. Jacks
Cinematographer:: Georg Krause
Composer:: Franz Waxman
Production:: 20th Century Fox, Bavaria Film
Status:: Released

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Cast

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