Man on a Tightrope
“It's true! The stranger-than-fiction story that screams with SUSPENSE!”
1953•NR•1h 45m•6.6•Released
DramaThriller
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
Writer
Robert E. Sherwood
Languages
English
Studio
20th Century Fox
Cast
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
Production
Company
20th Century Fox
Company
Bavaria Film
Producer
Robert L. Jacks
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