Man on a Tightrope

Elia Kazan
1953-05-21

It's true! The stranger-than-fiction story that screams with SUSPENSE!
6.5
105 min

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

Name Character Team
Fredric March Karel Cernik Unowned
Terry Moore Tereza Cernik Unowned
Gloria Grahame Zama Cernik Unowned
Cameron Mitchell Joe Vosdek Unowned
Adolphe Menjou Fesker Unowned
Robert Beatty Barovic Unowned
Richard Boone Krofta Unowned
Alexander D'Arcy Rudolph (as Alex D'Arcy) Unowned
Pat Henning Konradin Unowned
Paul Hartman Jaremir Unowned
John Dehner The Chief Unowned