Man on a Tightrope (1953)

1953 · Feature film · 105 min · dir. Elia Kazan

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

• Drama
• Thriller

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Synopsis

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.

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Details

Director

Elia Kazan

Writer

Neil Paterson

Composer

Franz Waxman

Cinematography

Georg Krause

Studio

20th Century Fox, Bavaria Film

Released

1953-05-21

Running time

105 minutes

Cast & crew

• Elia Kazan Director
• Fredric March
• Terry Moore
• Gloria Grahame
• Cameron Mitchell
• Adolphe Menjou
• Robert Beatty
• Richard Boone
• Alexander D'Arcy

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