Man on a Tightrope

1953 film by Elia Kazan
Movie film Q1304886
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Man on a Tightrope

Summary

Man on a Tightrope is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (48 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Man on a Tightrope's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Man on a Tightrope's director is recorded as Elia Kazan[4].
  • Man on a Tightrope's screenwriter is recorded as Robert E. Sherwood[5].
  • Man on a Tightrope's composer is recorded as Franz Waxman[6].
  • Man on a Tightrope's genre is recorded as propaganda film[7].
  • Man on a Tightrope's genre is recorded as drama film[8].
  • Man on a Tightrope's cast member is recorded as Fredric March[9].
  • Man on a Tightrope's cast member is recorded as Terry Moore[10].
  • Man on a Tightrope's cast member is recorded as Gloria Grahame[11].
  • Man on a Tightrope's cast member is recorded as Paul Hartman[12].
  • Man on a Tightrope's cast member is recorded as Richard Boone[13].
  • Man on a Tightrope's cast member is recorded as Cameron Mitchell[14].
  • Man on a Tightrope's cast member is recorded as Adolphe Menjou[15].
  • Man on a Tightrope's cast member is recorded as Robert Beatty[16].
  • Man on a Tightrope's cast member is recorded as Alexander D'Arcy[17].
  • Man on a Tightrope's cast member is recorded as John Dehner[18].
  • Man on a Tightrope's cast member is recorded as Gert Fröbe[19].
  • Man on a Tightrope's cast member is recorded as Peter Beauvais[20].
  • Man on a Tightrope's cast member is recorded as Dorothea Wieck[21].
  • Man on a Tightrope's producer is recorded as Gerd Oswald[22].
  • Man on a Tightrope's producer is recorded as Robert L. Jacks[23].
  • Man on a Tightrope's production company is recorded as 20th Century Studios[24].
  • Man on a Tightrope's director of photography is recorded as Georg Krause[25].
  • Man on a Tightrope's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0046040[26].
  • Man on a Tightrope's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Producers include Gerd Oswald[22] and Robert L. Jacks[23]. Man on a Tightrope's director is recorded as Elia Kazan[4]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Robert E. Sherwood[5]. Cast members include Fredric March[9], Terry Moore[10], Gloria Grahame[11], Paul Hartman[12], Richard Boone[13], and Cameron Mitchell[14].

Publication

Man on a Tightrope's publication date is recorded as +1953-01-01T00:00:00Z[28]. Its original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[27]. Genres include propaganda film[7] and drama film[8].

Subject and Themes

Man on a Tightrope's main subject is recorded as Cold War[29].

Why It Matters

Man on a Tightrope ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (48 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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