

Man on a Tightrope
"It's true! The stranger-than-fiction story that screams with SUSPENSE!"
1953
1h 45m
6.5
US
Drama
Thriller
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.
Movie Details
Languages
English
Studio
20th Century Fox
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Key Crew

Elia Kazan
Director

Neil Paterson
Story

Robert E. Sherwood
Writer
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