Trapeze is a 1956 circus film directed by Carol Reed and starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis and Gina Lollobrigida, making her debut in American films.

The film did very well at the box office, making an $8 million profit and placing in the top three among the year's top earners.

Plot

Crippled trapeze aerialist and former star Mike Ribble (Burt Lancaster) sees great promise in young, brash Tino Orsini (Tony Curtis). The only man to complete the dangerous triple somersault, Ribble thinks his protege is capable, under his rigorous training, of matching his feat. However, Orsini is distracted by the third member of their circus act, the manipulative Lola (Gina Lollobrigida). Tensions rise as a love triangle forms.

Cast

• 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

Production

Lancaster, a former circus acrobat, performed many of his own stunts, though the most dangerous (including the climactic triple flip) were done by technical consultant Eddie Ward from Ringling Brothers Circus.^[1]

It was filmed in Paris and at the Cirque d'Hiver.^[1]

References

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