Trapeze

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Trapeze

1956,

1h 45m,

Drama

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Mike Ribble (Burt Lancaster) is a hard-drinking tent pitcher. His career as a famous trapeze artist ended years ago after attempting a triple somersault gave him a permanent limp. Young acrobat Tino (Tony Curtis) tracks Mike down and asks him to teach him the dangerous stunt. Mike first refuses but is convinced by his ex-lover, Rosa (Katy Jurado). Mike and Tino have a shot at the big time, but the two men are driven apart by the scheming of Lola (Gina Lollobrigida), an Italian trampolinist.

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Pat Pinkerton

Orlando Sentinel

Oct 8, 2021

The Hecht-Lancaster production moves deep into the color and sweat of circus life and its myriad characters.

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Tom Parkinson

Billboard

Mar 28, 2023

An insistence for accuracy --presumably by Lancaster-- is evident.

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Raquel Stecher

Out of the Past

Sep 25, 2018

enjoyable film

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Jul 19, 2009

C+

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.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Apr 25, 2008

C+

Tacky circus thriller and overwrought love triangle melodrama.

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Daniel M. Kimmel

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Jan 30, 2004

4/5

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Hermione R

Aug 2, 2017

Lancaster,Curtis and Lollobrigida as a trio of trapeze flyers.Young Curtis wants to learn the famous triple somersault from old vet Lancaster,who's crippled from a fatal fall.In comes Lollobrigida making trouble for the two flyers both on the ground and in the air. One of the most enjoyable films about life under the big top.The trio of stars deliver sock performances worthy of their star status.Carol Reed's direction of the triple somersault is breathtakingly staged.Don't miss this one.

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Mike Ribble (Burt Lancaster) is a hard-drinking tent pitcher. His career as a famous trapeze artist ended years ago after attempting a triple somersault gave him a permanent limp. Young acrobat Tino (Tony Curtis) tracks Mike down and asks him to teach him the dangerous stunt. Mike first refuses but is convinced by his ex-lover, Rosa (Katy Jurado). Mike and Tino have a shot at the big time, but the two men are driven apart by the scheming of Lola (Gina Lollobrigida), an Italian trampolinist.

Director: Carol Reed
Producer: Harold Hecht, James Hill, Burt Lancaster
Screenwriter: Max Catto, Liam O'Brien, James R. Webb, Ben Hecht, Wolf Mankowitz
Distributor: United Artists, MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc.
Production Co: Hill-Hecht-Lancaster Productions
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 30, 1956, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 16, 2008
Runtime: 1h 45m
Sound Mix: Mono
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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