Man on a Tightrope
Man on a Tightrope

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In 1950s Czechoslovakia circus manager Karel Cernik is planning an escape from Communism to freedom.His idea is to force his way across the guarded border using his entire circus.Three years in the making his idea is ready to be tested when he's suddenly summoned to a Secret Police routine questioning about his circus' program.To Cernik it's clear that he has an informer among his staff who reports his activities and private talks to the Secret Police. The Americans are just ... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Man on a Tightrope:

Fredric March
Terry Moore
Gloria Grahame
Cameron Mitchell
Adolphe Menjou
Robert Beatty

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In 1950s Czechoslovakia circus manager Karel Cernik is planning an escape from Communism to freedom.His idea is to force his way across the guarded border using his entire circus.Three years in the making his idea is ready to be tested when he's suddenly summoned to a Secret Police routine questioning about his circus' program.To Cernik it's clear that he has an informer among his staff who reports his activities and private talks to the Secret Police. The Americans are just across the river in a nearby border village but Cernik needs a special permit from the Secret Police allowing his circus freedom of movement in the border areas to perform his shows.This hard to get permit is vital to his escape plan.To make matters worse his wife is being unfaithful, his daughter has fallen in love with the new stables boy,his circus is falling apart and his longtime rival, Barovik, wants to take over Cernik's circus.

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Ozus' World Movie Reviews - 6/10 by Dennis SchwartzWriter Robert E. Sherwood never gets the screenplay to gracefully walk across the tightrope.
User Review - 8/10 by Randy TFredric March leads his small circus troupe in a daring escape from Soviet occupied Czechoslovakia. Say what you want about Elia Kazan and his shameful role in Joseph McCarthy's witch-hunt, the man could direct with the best of 'em. Man on a Tightrope could have easily become cliché ridden propagandistic tripe but Kazan has crafted it into something of substance. ...and nobody but nobody plays an opportunistic slut like the magnificent Miss Gloria Grahame!
User Review - 8/10 by Mike TAlthough it lacks the fire and energy of Kazan's masterpieces, Man on a Tightrope is still an expertly crafted and wholly engaging film.
User Review - 8/10 by John HKazan wisefully keeps it low-key enough to refrain from the corny, and Fredric March's performance gives the film its weight.
User Review - 8/10 by Tom MThe ending veers sharply toward the corny, but given the subject matter--a circus troupe escaping Communist Czechoslovakia--it's remarkable how long this movie avoids pure corn. Kazan is a masterful, economical storyteller, which helps a lot, and a brilliant director of actors to boot, so the uniformly solid performances here are unsurprising. A good movie with some great scenes, best of which is the meeting between the leaders of the rival circuses. Kazan's shots at the suppression of creativity in the communist world are especially effective.
User Review - 6/10 by Kirk ECompelling screenplay, but several of the performances are stilted and stagey.

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