Man on a Tightrope

Plot

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.

  • Elia Kazan

    Director

  • Neil Paterson

    Story

  • Robert E. Sherwood

    Writer

  • Georg Krause

    Director of Photography

  • Dorothy Spencer

    Editor

  • 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

  • Runtime

    105 minutes

    Released

    1953-05-21

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    Germany

    United States of America

    Studios

    20th Century Fox

    Bavaria Film

    Sound

  • Franz Waxman

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    157 days ago

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