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Trapeze


Date: 1956
Type: Drama / Romance
Rating: 3 STars 3/5
Colour: Yes
Director: Carol Reed
Producer: James Hill

Comment/Synopsis

A Trapeze artist who retired after an injured is persuaded to take on a younger but things get complicated when an attractive woman joins the act and comes between them. Whilst not Carol Reed's best film though it was commercially successful. Burt Lancaster performed most of his own trapeze work in the film.

Oscars

None
Production
For United Artists