- HD 1080
- Runtime: 105m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: Germany, United States of America
- Director: Elia Kazan
- Stars: Fredric March, Terry Moore, Gloria Grahame, Cameron Mitchell, Adolphe Menjou
- keywords: circus, iron curtain, czechoslovakia, anti-communism, black and white, defection, communism, circus troupe, escape plan, cold war era, escape from communism
- Production_studio: 20th Century Fox, Bavaria Film
- Slogan: It's true! The stranger-than-fiction story that screams with SUSPENSE!
- The Man on a Tightrope is featured in the top rankings of 1953
- #48 in Top Drama Movies of 1953
- #11 in Top Thriller Movies of 1953
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.
