Trapeze (1956)

Directed by

Carol Reed

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 101 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two trapeze artists work together to perfect a dangerous triple somersault. Their partnership gets complicated when a beautiful acrobat joins the circus.

suspensefulintensedramaticromanticslow-burnambitiousatmospherictense

What happens

Trapeze is a 1956 American circus film directed by Carol Reed and starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis and Gina Lollobrigida. The film is based on Max Catto's 1950 novel The Killing Frost, with an adapted screenplay written by Liam O'Brien. The film performed well at the box office, placing among the top three earners of 1956 in the United States and Canada and as the fourth-most-popular film at the British box office in 1956. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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