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Trapeze (1956)

NR 1956-05-30 (US) Drama, Romance 1h 45m

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High...High...High...Above Them All! - in excitement! - in spectacle! - in fire, flesh and fury!

Overview

A pair of men try to perform the dangerous "triple" in their trapeze act. Problems arise when the duo is made into a trio following the addition of a sexy female performer.

Carol Reed

Director
Max Catto

Novel
James R. Webb

Screenplay
Ben Hecht

Writer
Wolf Mankowitz

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Top Billed Cast

Burt Lancaster

Mike Ribble
Tony Curtis

Tino Orsini
Gina Lollobrigida

Lola
Katy Jurado

Rosa
Thomas Gomez

Bouglione
Johnny Puleo

Max
Minor Watson

John Ringling North
Gérard Landry

Chikki
Jean-Pierre Kérien

Otto
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A review by Wuchak

60%

Written by Wuchak on October 20, 2022

Corny love triangle at a circus in France with Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis and Gina Lollobrigida

A disillusioned former aerobatics star functioning as a rigger at a Paris circus (Lancaster) is revived when a young prodigy from Brooklyn comes under his coaching wing (Curtis). Everything’s going great until an alluring tumbler worms her way into their act (Lollobrigida).

"Trapeze” (1956) comes in the tradition of "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1952) and was a hit at the box office. But it’s way more one-dimensional by comparison in that the setting is stationary (shot at Cirque d'Hive... read the rest.

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