Genres: Drama Countries: USA Actors: 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 Sid James Snake Charmer Gimma Boys Circus family children Los Arriolas Specialty Act Gamil Ratib Stefan Pierre Tabard Paul Edward Hagopian Directors: Carol Reed IMDB Rating: 6.6 out of 10 (1104 votes)

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Taglines: 

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

2: The wonder show of the world!

3: It happens there in mid-air...in all its fire, flesh and fury!

Plot Summary: 

Mike Ribble was once a great trapeze artist - and the only to have completed a triple somersault - before his accident. Tino joins the circus, and manages to covince Mike to teach him the ‘triple’. Meanwhile Lola, a tumbler, wants to get in on the act. Written by Colin Tinto {cst@imdb.com}

Tino Orsini has learned the trapeze from his father but he travels to Europe to seek out Mike Ribble, one of the few men who has managed to complete a triple somersault. Ribble no longer works the trapeze and now walks with a cane after a nasty fall left him a cripple. Orsini convinces him to act as his catcher and all is well until the gold digging Lola, who’ll do just about anything to become part of a major circus act, arrives on the scene. Her presence creates friction between the two men and puts in doubt whether Tino will ever accomplish the elusive triple. Written by garykmcd

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