# Trapeze (1956)

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**Runtime**: 105 min
**Genres**: Drama, Romance
**Directed by**: Carol Reed
**Written by**: Ben Hecht, Wolf Mankowitz, James R. Webb
**Starring**: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Gina Lollobrigida, Katy Jurado, Thomas Gomez, Johnny Puleo

> *High...High...High...Above Them All! - in excitement! - in spectacle! - in fire, flesh and fury!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

It seems aerial stunts are not the only high wire act here. Two men attempt the triple in their trapeze act. This drama turns predictably complicated with a female addition.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, playful

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