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Man on a Tightrope

1953
Directed byElia Kazan
1h 45m

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.

CAST
Fredric MarchKarel CernikTerry MooreTereza CernikGloria GrahameZama Cernik
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GENRES
DramaThriller
STATUSReleased
RATING
6.5

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