

Man on a Tightrope
Visit website6.5/10 • 30
1953-05-21 • 1h 45m
It's true! The stranger-than-fiction story that screams with SUSPENSE!
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.
- Directors
- Elia Kazan
- Writters
- Robert E. Sherwood
- Editors
- Robert E. Sherwood, Dorothy Spencer

Man on a Tightrope
Visit website1953-05-21 • 1h 45m
6.5/10 • 30
It's true! The stranger-than-fiction story that screams with SUSPENSE!
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.
- Directors
- Elia Kazan
- Writters
- Robert E. Sherwood
- Editors
- Robert E. Sherwood, Dorothy Spencer
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsFredric 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
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- English
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- Keywords
- circusiron curtainczechoslovakiaanti-communismblack and whitedefectioncommunismcircus troupeescape plancold war eraescape from communism