Man on a Tightrope

1h 45m
DramaThriller
6.5

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.

Cast

Fredric 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
Paul Hartman
Jaremir
John Dehner
The Chief
Gert Fröbe
Unknown

Crew

Elia Kazan
Director
Robert E. Sherwood
Writer
Neil Paterson
Story
Dorothy Spencer
Editor
Georg Krause
Director of Photography
Hans Tost
Assistant Director
Robert L. Jacks
Producer
Gerd Oswald
Associate Producer
Charles LeMaire
Wardrobe Master
Ursula Maes
Costume Design
Arthur Schramm
Makeup Artist
Fritz Seyfried
Makeup Artist
Carl Becker
Sound
Martin Müller
Sound
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Hans Kuhnert
Art Direction
Theo Zwierski
Art Direction
Earle Hagen
Orchestrator

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