Man on a Tightrope (1953)

  • NR
  • 04/01/1953 (US)
  • Drama, Thriller
  • 1h 45m

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

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.

Elia Kazan

Director

Neil Paterson

Story

Robert E. Sherwood

Writer

Cast

Fredric March's headshot

Fredric March

Karel Cernik
Terry Moore's headshot

Terry Moore

Tereza Cernik
Gloria Grahame's headshot

Gloria Grahame

Zama Cernik
Cameron Mitchell's headshot

Cameron Mitchell

Joe Vosdek
Adolphe Menjou's headshot

Adolphe Menjou

Fesker
Robert Beatty's headshot

Robert Beatty

Barovic
Richard Boone's headshot

Richard Boone

Krofta
Alexander D'Arcy's headshot

Alexander D'Arcy

Rudolph (as Alex D'Arcy)

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