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Cast

Fredric March

Fredric March

Karel Cernik

Terry Moore

Terry Moore

Tereza Cernik

Gloria Grahame

Gloria Grahame

Zama Cernik

Cameron Mitchell

Cameron Mitchell

Joe Vosdek

Adolphe Menjou

Adolphe Menjou

Fesker

Robert Beatty

Robert Beatty

Barovic

Richard Boone

Richard Boone

Krofta

Alexander D'Arcy

Alexander D'Arcy

Rudolph (as Alex D'Arcy)

Pat Henning

Pat Henning

Konradin

Paul Hartman

Paul Hartman

Jaremir

John Dehner

John Dehner

The Chief

Gert Fröbe

Gert Fröbe

Crew

Charles LeMaire

Charles LeMaire

Wardrobe Master

Earle Hagen

Earle Hagen

Orchestrator

Arthur Schramm

Arthur Schramm

Makeup Artist

Fritz Seyfried

Fritz Seyfried

Makeup Artist

Carl Becker

Carl Becker

Sound

Martin Müller

Martin Müller

Sound

Roger Heman Sr.

Roger Heman Sr.

Sound

Elia Kazan

Elia Kazan

Director

Neil Paterson

Neil Paterson

Story

Robert E. Sherwood

Robert E. Sherwood

Writer

Gerd Oswald

Gerd Oswald

Associate Producer

Robert L. Jacks

Robert L. Jacks

Producer

Franz Waxman

Franz Waxman

Original Music Composer

Georg Krause

Georg Krause

Director of Photography

Dorothy Spencer

Dorothy Spencer

Editor

Hans Kuhnert

Hans Kuhnert

Art Direction

Theo Zwierski

Theo Zwierski

Art Direction

Ursula Maes

Ursula Maes

Costume Design

Hans Tost

Hans Tost

Assistant Director

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Man on a Tightrope

19536.5 / 10105 min
Drama, Thriller

Overview

It's true! The stranger-than-fiction story that screams with SUSPENSE!

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.