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1953-05-211h 45m

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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
Dorothy Spencer

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  1. Fredric March

    Fredric March

    Karel Cernik

  2. Terry Moore

    Terry Moore

    Tereza Cernik

  3. Gloria Grahame

    Gloria Grahame

    Zama Cernik

  4. Cameron Mitchell

    Cameron Mitchell

    Joe Vosdek

  5. Adolphe Menjou

    Adolphe Menjou

    Fesker

  6. Robert Beatty

    Robert Beatty

    Barovic

  7. Richard Boone

    Richard Boone

    Krofta

  8. Alexander D'Arcy

    Alexander D'Arcy

    Rudolph (as Alex D'Arcy)

  9. Pat Henning

    Pat Henning

    Konradin

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
circusiron curtainczechoslovakiaanti-communismblack and whitedefectioncommunismcircus troupeescape plancold war eraescape from communism