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62% Critic Match
Man on the Flying Trapeze
“Come to the crowning of America's comedy King!”
6.2 / 10• 1935• 1h 6m•NR• English
Comedy
Storyline
Hard-working, henpecked Ambrose Ambrose Wolfinger takes off from work to go to a wrestling match with catastrophic consequences.
Cast & Crew
W.C. Fields
Ambrose Wolfinger
Lead
Mary Brian
Hope Wolfinger
Kathleen Howard
Leona Wolfinger
Grady Sutton
Claude Neselrode
Vera Lewis
Mrs. Cordelia Neselrode
Lucien Littlefield
Mr. Peabody
Oscar Apfel
President Malloy
Lew Kelly
Adolph Berg
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Clyde Bruckman's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Man on the Flying Trapeze is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
