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Sunday Cinema: Man on a Tightrope

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Starring Fredric March, Terry Moore, Gloria Grahame, Cameron Mitchell

A taut escape story of a man determined to take not just his family but an entire circus to freedom. Karel Cernik, owner of the famed Cernik Circus, is in trouble with the Czech authorities. His circus employs too many foreigners and there is not enough political content in the clowning.

Films: page 9

Contributors

Director:
Elia Kazan
Karel Cernik:
Fredric March
Tereza Cernik:
Terry Moore
Zama Cernik:
Gloria Grahame
Joe Vosdek:
Cameron Mitchell
Fesker:
Adolphe Menjou
Barovic:
Robert Beatty
Rudolph:
Alex D'Arcy
Krofta:
Richard Boone
Konradin:
Pat Henning
Duchess:
Dorothea Wieck
Source: Radio Times

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