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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.
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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- Drama, Thriller
- Elia Kazan
- 1953-06-29
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- Elia Kazan
- 105 min
- 18
MAN ON A TIGHTROPE, 1953, 20th Century Fox, 105 min. Dir. Elia Kazan. Frederic March, Adolphe Menjou, Terry Moore and the underused noir darling Gloria Grahame star in Kazan’s film about an Eastern Bloc circus troupe trying to escape Communist domination during the Cold War.
After discovering that his father was killed in a German concentration camp, Joe joined the circus in order to travel undetected. The next morning, Karel's rival, the grandiose Vladislav Barovik, visits and reveals that he knows every detail of Karel's escape plan.
- Elia Kazan, Hans Tost
- Fredric March
Karel Cernik (Fredric March) is the owner of a small Czech circus that's been in his family for generations. When the Communists take over, officials begin to dictate almost every aspect of how ...
- Drama
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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. Elia Kazan. Director.
