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Man on a Tightrope

6.6 / 10 6.6 1953 1h 45mNR

DramaThriller

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.

Directed by Elia Kazan

CAST

The people behind the story

Fredric March

Fredric MarchKarel Cernik

Terry Moore

Terry MooreTereza Cernik

Gloria Grahame

Gloria GrahameZama Cernik

Cameron Mitchell

Cameron MitchellJoe Vosdek

Adolphe Menjou

Adolphe MenjouFesker

Robert Beatty

Robert BeattyBarovic

Richard Boone

Richard BooneKrofta

Alexander D'Arcy

Alexander D'ArcyRudolph (as Alex D'Arcy)