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Man on a Tightrope (1953)

Movie"It's true! The stranger-than-fiction story that screams with SUSPENSE!"
Audience Score
66
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NR 1 hr 45 minJun 4th, 1953Drama, Thriller
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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.
StarringFredric MarchTerry MooreGloria Grahame
DirectorElia Kazan
WriterRobert E. Sherwood

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:June 4th, 1953
Original Language:English
Production Companies:20th Century Fox, Bavaria Film
Movie Tags:
black and whitecircuscommunismanti-communismczechoslovakiaescape planiron curtaincold war eradefectioncircus troupe