TMDb Rating
6.5/10
32 verified votes
Man on a Tightrope (1953)
DramaThriller
105 min
"It's true! The stranger-than-fiction story that screams with SUSPENSE!"
Plot Summary
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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Keywords to include
DramaThrillerElia KazanFredric MarchTerry Moore1953
Director
Elia Kazan
Top Cast
Fredric MarchTerry MooreGloria GrahameCameron MitchellAdolphe Menjou
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