Man on a Tightrope (1953)
6.5|21 May, 1953|105 min
It's true! The stranger-than-fiction story that screams with SUSPENSE!
6.5|21 May, 1953|105 min
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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.
Keywords
circus
iron curtain
czechoslovakia
anti-communism
black and white
defection
communism
circus troupe
escape plan
cold war era
escape from communism
Casts
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
Crews
Earle Hagen
Orchestrator
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound
Fritz Seyfried
Makeup Artist
Charles LeMaire
Wardrobe Master
Arthur Schramm
Makeup Artist
Martin Müller
Sound
Carl Becker
Sound
Elia Kazan
Director
Gerd Oswald
Associate Producer
Georg Krause
Director of Photography
Ursula Maes
Costume Design
Neil Paterson
Story
Robert L. Jacks
Producer
Hans Kuhnert
Art Direction
Robert E. Sherwood
Writer
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Theo Zwierski
Art Direction
Hans Tost
Assistant Director
Dorothy Spencer
Editor
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