Man on a Tightrope (1953)
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.
- Date of release
- 1953-05-21
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (36)
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Director
- Elia Kazan
Casting
- Fredric March — Karel Cernik
- Terry Moore — Tereza Cernik
- Gloria Grahame — Zama Cernik
- Cameron Mitchell — Joe Vosdek
- Adolphe Menjou — Fesker
- Robert Beatty — Barovic
- Richard Boone — Krofta
- Alexander D'Arcy — Rudolph (as Alex D'Arcy)
- Pat Henning — Konradin
- Paul Hartman — Jaremir
- John Dehner — The Chief
- Gert Fröbe
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