Fredric March
Karel Cernik
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105 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Budget. $1.2 million [1] Man on a Tightrope is a 1953 American drama directed by Elia Kazan, starring Fredric March, Terry Moore and Gloria Grahame. The screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood was based on a 1952 novel of the same title by Neil Paterson.
- $1.2 million
- Elia Kazan
- Man on a Tightrope: The Short Novel (1953), by Neil Paterson
- Franz Waxman
Man on a Tightrope: Directed by Elia Kazan. With Fredric March, Terry Moore, Gloria Grahame, Cameron Mitchell. A Czech circus owner/clown and his entire troupe employ a daring stratagem in order to escape en masse from behind the iron curtain.
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- Elia Kazan
- Approved
- Drama, Thriller
Released Apr 1, 1953 1h 45m Drama List Reviews 78% Audience Score 50+ Ratings Karel Cernik (Fredric March) is the owner of a small Czech circus that's been in his family for generations.
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- Elia Kazan
- Drama
- Fredric March
In 1950s Czechoslovakia circus manager Karel Cernik is planning an escape from Communism to freedom.His idea is to force his way across the guarded border using his entire circus.Three years in the making his idea is ready to be tested when he's suddenly summoned to a Secret Police routine questioning about his circus' program.To Cernik it's ...
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Summoned by officials of the communist Czechoslovak government, circus manager Cernik (Fredric March) explains to interrogator John Dehner about his staff, and his difficulty in presenting politically skewed skits, with propagandist Adolphe Menjou listening, in Elia Kazan’s Man On A Tightrope, 1953.
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