Man on a Tightrope
“It's true! The stranger-than-fiction story that screams with SUSPENSE!”
1953 · 1 h 45 min
Directed by 
Elia Kazan
Elia KazanCast
Cast not recorded here
Plot
The owner of an impoverished circus in Communist-ruled Czechoslovakia plans to escape with his troupe across the border.
Sinekatalog’s take
Elia Kazan's drama, with Fredric March, Terry Moore and Gloria Grahame, is tense and atmospheric, shot in Bavaria.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (2,089 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.