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Trapeze is a 1956 American circus film directed by Carol Reed and starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis and Gina Lollobrigida. The film is based on Max Catto's 1950 novel The Killing Frost, with an adapted screenplay written by Liam O'Brien.
Mar 29, 2010 · TRAPEZE (1956) film highlights - Gina Lollobrigida, Tony Curtis +. Part 2 of my Harold Hecht producer tribute. 1956 extravaganza about a trapeze act in a Paris circus. Burt Lancaster had in...
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Cast as a scheming acrobat who comes between a famous trapeze star (Burt Lancaster) and his assistant-in-training (Tony Curtis), she practically steals the film from her co-stars, who were both in their physical prime and at the height of their popularity.
- Carol Reed, Robert Gendre, Michael Romanoff
- Burt Lancaster
Mike Ribble (Burt Lancaster) is a hard-drinking tent pitcher. His career as a famous trapeze artist ended years ago after attempting a triple somersault gave him a permanent limp.
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- Burt Lancaster
- Carol Reed
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Sep 25, 2018 · Trapeze (1956) is an enjoyable film with lots of great aerial stunts and a love triangle drama to boot. Lancaster and Curtis proved to be a great onscreen duo and would later re-team for Sweet Smell of Success (1957).
A beautifully composed movie about ambitions, deceit, cruelty, love and perfection is what's brought to us here. Burt Lancaster plays Mike Ribble, once the greatest Trapeze artist in the world is now a circus rigger after a accident that destroyed his leg, but now hope is brought to him.
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Trapeze (1956) Directed by Carol Reed A headlining trapeze artist before coming to Hollywood, Burt Lancaster had long wanted to produce a circus story and Trapeze proved to be one of the biggest hits of his career.
