| Man on a Tightrope | |
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| Directed by | Elia Kazan |
| Screenplay by | Robert E. Sherwood |
| Based on | Man on a Tightrope: The Short Novel (1953) by Neil Paterson |
| Starring | Fredric March Terry Moore Gloria Grahame Paul Hartman Richard Boone Cameron Mitchell Adolphe Menjou |
| Cinematography | Georg Krause |
| Edited by | Dorothy Spencer |
| Music by | Franz Waxman |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century-Fox |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.2 million[1] |
Man on a Tightrope is a 1953 American drama directed by Elia Kazan, starring Fredric March, Terry Moore and Gloria Grahame. The screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood was based on a 1952 novel of the same title by Neil Paterson. Paterson based his true story, which first appeared as the magazine novelette International Incident, on the escape of the Circus Brumbach from East Germany in 1950. Members of the Circus Brumbach appeared in the film version in both character roles and as extras. The film was entered into the 3rd Berlin International Film Festival.[2]
- ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p248
- ^ "1st Berlin International Film Festival: In Competition". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 2010-02-02. Retrieved 2009-12-22.