Man on a Tightrope
It's true! The stranger-than-fiction story that screams with SUSPENSE!
1953 | 105m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Elia Kazan |
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| Writer: | Robert E. Sherwood, Neil Paterson |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | May 21, 1953 |
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| Director: | Elia Kazan |
| Writer: | Robert E. Sherwood, Neil Paterson |
| Genres: | Drama, Thriller |
| Keywords | circus, iron curtain, czechoslovakia, anti-communism, black and white, defection, communism, circus troupe, escape plan, cold war era, escape from communism |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox, Bavaria Film |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 29, 2026 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Fredric March | Karel Cernik |
| Terry Moore | Tereza Cernik |
| Gloria Grahame | Zama Cernik |
| Cameron Mitchell | Joe Vosdek |
| Adolphe Menjou | Fesker |
| Robert Beatty | Barovic |
| Richard Boone | Krofta |
| Alexander D'Arcy | Rudolph (as Alex D'Arcy) |
| Pat Henning | Konradin |
| Paul Hartman | Jaremir |
| John Dehner | The Chief |
| Gert Fröbe |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Robert E. Sherwood | Writer |
| Elia Kazan | Director |
| Neil Paterson | Story |
| Franz Waxman | Original Music Composer |
| Georg Krause | Director of Photography |
| Theo Zwierski | Art Direction |
| Ursula Maes | Costume Design |
| Charles LeMaire | Wardrobe Master |
| Arthur Schramm | Makeup Artist |
| Carl Becker | Sound |
| Hans Kuhnert | Art Direction |
| Hans Tost | Assistant Director |
| Fritz Seyfried | Makeup Artist |
| Martin Müller | Sound |
| Roger Heman Sr. | Sound |
| Dorothy Spencer | Editor |
| Earle Hagen | Orchestrator |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Gerd Oswald | Associate Producer |
| Robert L. Jacks | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
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