IMDb
7.2 /10
2k votes


Drama · Thriller · 1953 · 1h 45min
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.
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20th Century Fox
Bavaria FilmMAN ON A TIGHTROPE (1953) Theatrical Trailer - Fredric March, Terry Moore, Gloria Grahame
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IMDb
7.2 /10
2k votes
Rotten Tomatoes
76 /100
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Metacritic took the day off
TMDB
6.6 /10
33 votes
Letterboxd
6.9 /10
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Weighted average
7.1/10