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Man on a Tightrope

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

May 21, 1953 · 1h 45m

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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.

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CAST

Cameron Mitchell

Alexander D'Arcy

Rudolph (as Alex D'Arcy)

Directed by Elia Kazan

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Status

Released

Original language

EN

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Production

20th Century Fox, Bavaria Film

Country

US

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