Film

Trapeze

1956 · 1h 45m · Drama · Romance

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

IMDb

6.8

Rotten Tomatoes

75%

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.

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

Sidney James

Snake Charmer

Los Arriolas

Specialty Act

Gamil Ratib

Stefan

Pierre Tabard

Paul

Edward Hagopian

3rd partner of Lola

Joe Warfield

Photograph (uncredited)

Guy Provost

Journalist (uncredited)

• Carol ReedDirector
• James R. WebbScreenplay
• Ben HechtWriter
• Wolf MankowitzWriter
• Max CattoNovel
• James HillProducer
• Robert KraskerDirector of Photography
• Malcolm ArnoldOriginal Music Composer
• Bert BatesEditor

Trapeze (1956) trailer

Release date

May 30, 1956

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

NR

Budget

$4,000,000

Revenue

$14,400,000

Genres

Drama, Romance

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