Trapeze poster

Trapeze

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

6.3(104)19561h 45m4

A pair of men try to perform the dangerous "triple" in their trapeze act. Problems arise when the duo is made into a trio following the addition of a sexy female performer.

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Status
Released
Budget
$4M
Box office
$14.4M
Language
English
  • circus
  • trapeze artist

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Carol Reed

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR30 May 1956
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalU17 Aug 1956
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatricale 141 Jan 1957
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical25 Nov 1957
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical28 Nov 1956
    • PhysicalDVD25 Feb 2010
    • PhysicalBlu-Ray20 Sept 2023
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1218 Dec 1956
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Physical6DVD25 Feb 2010
  • PortugalPT

    • Theatricale 1419 Dec 1956
  • SwedenSE

    • Theatrical1117 Dec 1956

Frequently asked questions

Trapeze was released on 30 May 1956.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    John Chard

    8/4/2019

    6/10

    Great role for Burt in Carol Reed's love tryst circus plot. Great curio piece with Burt Lancaster being a former circus performer, the film was something of a big success on its initial release. It's not hard to see why either, because it's a solid enough story backed up by great aerial sequences set to the backdrop of circus life. The love triangle between the three leads (our intrepid trapeze artists) that thre…

  • W

    Wuchak

    10/20/2022

    6/10

    **_Corny love triangle at a circus in France with Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis and Gina Lollobrigida_** A disillusioned former aerobatics star functioning as a rigger at a Paris circus (Lancaster) is revived when a young prodigy from Brooklyn comes under his coaching wing (Curtis). Everything’s going great until an alluring tumbler worms her way into their act (Lollobrigida). "Trapeze” (1956) comes in the tradi…

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