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Overview
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Release Date:
30 May 1956 (USA)
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Tagline:
High...High...High...Above Them All! - in excitement! - in spectacle! - in fire, flesh and fury! more
Plot:
Mike Ribble was once a great trapeze artist - and the only to have completed a triple somersault - before his accident...
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Plot Keywords:
Trapeze
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Circus
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Trapeze Artist
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Giraffe
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Awards:
2 wins
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1 nomination
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User Comments:
Technicolor circus film pulls out all the punches
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Burt Lancaster | ... | Mike Ribble |
 | Tony Curtis | ... | Tino Orsini |
 | Gina Lollobrigida | ... | Lola |
 | Katy Jurado | ... | Rosa |
| Thomas Gomez | ... | Bouglione |
| Johnny Puleo | ... | Max (dwarf) (as John Puleo) |
| Minor Watson | ... | John Ringling North |
| Gérard Landry | ... | Chikki (as Gerard Landry) |
| Jean-Pierre Kérien | ... | Otto (as Jean-Pierre Kerien) |
| Sid James | ... | Snake Charmer (as Sidney James) |
| Gimma Boys | ... | Circus family children |
| Los Arriolas | ... | Specialty Act |
| Gamil Ratib | ... | Stefan |
| Pierre Tabard | ... | Paul |
| Edward Hagopian |
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105 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording) (optical prints) |
4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Recording) (magnetic prints)
Certification:
Norway:16 |
USA:Approved (certificate #17783) |
UK:U |
West Germany:12 (nf) |
Finland:K-16 |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:PG
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Sally Marlowe was cast as Gina Lollobrigida's stunt double until Marlowe broke her nose on set. Willy Krause, a close personal friend of Burt Lancaster, was asked to fill in as Ms. Lollobrigida's stunt double. He accepted the role.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Cheers: Peterson Crusoe (#3.11)" (1984)
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Soundtrack:
The Stars and Stripes Forever
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If you're in the mood for a circus movie, this has to be the best one out there. It has a super abundance of circus atmosphere that is vividly photographed in beautiful Technicolor, and three great parts for Burt Lancaster, Gina Lollobrigida, and Tony Curtis. Lollobrigida comes between Lancaster and Curtis,who are already an established act, with Lancaster as the "catcher" who was injured and walks with a limp, and Curtis as his protégé. Carol Reed weaves this dangerous romance which explodes into jealousy into the action and circus life, making a complex and engrossing drama, made all the more interesting by the Parisian setting, the animals which are wandering around in numerous scenes, and the range of circus employees, all committed to putting on a show.