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Drama

Thriller

Man on a Tightrope

It's true! The stranger-than-fiction story that screams with SUSPENSE!

6.6May 21, 1953105 min

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

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)

John Dehner

The Chief

Gert Fröbe

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Official Videos

Guest Programmer Dana Delany on “Once a Thief” and “Man on a Tightrope” (Clip) | Noirvember

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MAN ON A TIGHTROPE (1953) Theatrical Trailer - Fredric March, Terry Moore, Gloria Grahame

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