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Man on a Tightrope

1953-1h 45min
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6.5 / 10 31

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.

Directed by Elia Kazan

Writers Neil Paterson Robert E. Sherwood

Stars Fredric March Terry Moore Gloria Grahame

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Fredric March

Karel Cernik
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Terry Moore

Tereza Cernik
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Gloria Grahame

Zama Cernik
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Cameron Mitchell

Joe Vosdek
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Adolphe Menjou

Fesker
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Robert Beatty

Barovic
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Richard Boone

Krofta
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Alexander D'Arcy

Rudolph (as Alex D'Arcy)
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Pat Henning

Konradin
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Paul Hartman

Jaremir
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John Dehner

The Chief
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Gert Fröbe

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