The Flying Fontaines (1959)

Director George Sherman's 1959 circus drama stars Michael Callan as a cocky aerialist causing romantic problems under the Big Top.

Date of release
1959-12-01
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 24m
Genres
Drama
Director
George Sherman

Casting

Interesting facts

The Flying Fontaines is a 1959 American circus film about trapeze artists. It stars Michael Callan.

Production

It was one of a number of circus-themed films around this time that followed from the success of Trapeze (film) (1956) (others were Toby Tyler and The Big Circus). The film was originally known as High Trap. Filming started 20 April 1959. The sets were designed by the veteran art director Paul Palmentola, his last film credit.

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