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
as Mike Ribble
Tony Curtis
as Tino Orsini
Gina Lollobrigida
as Lola
Katy Jurado
as Rosa
Thomas Gomez
as Bouglione
Johnny Puleo
as Max
Minor Watson
as John Ringling North
Gérard Landry
as Chikki
Jean-Pierre Kérien
as Otto
Sid James
as Snake Charmer
John Chard
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 sequence...
Wuchak
**_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 go...