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Man on a Tightrope
“It's true! The stranger-than-fiction story that screams with SUSPENSE!”
6.6 / 10• 1953• 1h 45m•NR• English
DramaThriller
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Fredric March
Karel Cernik
Lead
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)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Elia Kazan's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Man on a Tightrope is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
