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Trapeze (1956)

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Average Rating: 6/10
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Release Date: Jan 1, 1956 Wide

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Former circus aerialist Burt Lancaster was the logical choice to star in the Technicolor drama Trapeze. Lancaster plays a crippled acrobat, disabled after attempting to perform a dangerous triple mid-air somersault. Tony Curtis co-stars as an aspiring aerialist who coerces Lancaster into teaching him the tricks of the trade. The friendship between Lancaster and Curtis is threatened by the arrival of beautiful, ambitious circus tumbler Gina Lollobridgida (it's a toss-up as to which of the three

Unrated, 1 hr. 45 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure

Directed By: Carol Reed

Written By: Max Catto, Liam O'Brien

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1956 Wide

Cast

Burt Lancaster
Mike Ribble
Tony Curtis
Tino Orsini
Gina Lollobrigida
Lola
Katy Jurado
Rosa
Thomas Gomez
Bouglione
Johnny Puleo
Max the Dwarf
Minor Watson
John Ringling-North
Gerard Landry
Chikki
Jean-Pierre K�rien
Otto
Sidney James
Snake Charmer
Pierre Tabard
Paul
Gabrielle Fontan
Old Woman
Willy Krause
Edward Ward
Michael Thomas
Ringmaster

Critic Reviews for Trapeze

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Enjoyable trash: Carol Reed's circus melodrama is one of his most commercially successful but artistically weakest film; there's more erotic tension between Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis than between either man and love interest Gina Lillobrigida.

July 19, 2009 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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Tacky circus thriller and overwrought love triangle melodrama.

April 25, 2008 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

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Daniel M. Kimmel

Worcester Telegram & Gazette Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Boas atua��es de Lancaster e Curtis (al�m de Lollobrigida, detest�vel em boa parte do filme) e �timas cenas no trap�zio. O final � um pouco decepcionante, mas, no geral, o filme prende e � bem realizado.

July 25, 2003 Comment

Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

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Lancaster and Curtis team up in Paris to try and attempt the very difficult triple somersault on the trapeze AND Gina Lollobrigida. It's circus life menage � trois with a side order of melodrama. Interesting yet unengaging.

August 20, 2011

moon rivers

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Lancaster was a great actor and the stunts he did himself were unbeleivable by todays hollywood actors. Great movie of love, life and swinging through the air on a rope...what more can you ask for.

June 24, 2009

Barry Lappin

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