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Trapeze

Trapeze

1956
105 min
Drama Romance

Plot Summary

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.

6.3
IMDb Rating
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Ratings & Reviews

6.3
IMDb Rating

Technical Details

105 min
Runtime
1956-05-30
Release Date
Movie
Content Type
1956
Year
Genres
Drama Romance

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User Reviews

Wuchak

Wuchak

6.0/10
Recent

**_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...

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John Chard

John Chard

6.0/10
Recent

Great role for Burt in Carol Reed's love tryst circus plot. Great curio piece with Burt Lancaster being a former circus performer, the film was something of a big success on its initial release. It's not hard to see why either, because it's a solid enough story backed up by great aerial sequences set to the backdrop of circus life. The love triangle between the three leads (our intrepid trapeze artists) that threatens to envelope them with disastrous consequences, is never less than intrigu...

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1956-05-30
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