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6.2/10   41 votes
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Jan Hartman (writer)
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Release Date:
12 February 1978 (USA) more
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Plot:
Made-for-TV movie, tells the true story of the Great Wallendas, a family of circus acrobats famous for their seven-person high wire pyramid act, that one night ended in tragedy. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Casey Biggs ... Gene Hallow

Lloyd Bridges ... Karl Wallenda
Lucinda Bridges ... Nurse

Britt Ekland ... Jenny Wallenda
Taina Elg ... Helen Wallenda
Ben Fuhrman ... Gunther Wallenda
Travis Hudson ... Lotte Schmidt
Michael McGuire ... Arnold Fielding
Bruce Ornstein ... Mario Wallenda
Stephen Parr ... Dick Faughnan
Cathy Rigby ... Jana Schmidt

William Sadler ... Dieter Schmidt
Isa Thomas ... Edith Wallenda
John Van Dreelen ... Herman Wallenda
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USA:98 min
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5 out of 6 people found the following review useful.
Congratulations from Brazil !!!, 26 February 2006
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Author: REGINA CELIA SOMBINI from Brazil

Hi, everybody ! It was incredible find this special site about movies, because I used to watch The Great Wallendas with Lloyd Bridges as Karl and the marvelous other actors and actresses on TV here in Brazil every time they presented it. This was some 25 years ago when I was just a child! I remember very well that I used do involve myself so deep inside the film, crying when sad moments occurred for them. I loved them all. The whole family! My sincere congratulations for both special work: to the movie, which brought us the possibility to know this fabulous story and to the real Wallendas work which is going on so far! They are really great! Regina Celia Sombini Salto-SP-BRAZIL

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