Man on the Flying Trapeze
7.4
“Come to the crowning of America's comedy King!”
Hard-working, henpecked Ambrose Ambrose Wolfinger takes off from work to go to a wrestling match with catastrophic consequences.
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Cast
37 people
W.C. Fields
Ambrose Wolfinger
Known for
The Bank Dick
It's a Gift
Mary Brian
Hope Wolfinger
Known for
The Front Page
Clyde Bruckman
Ray Harris
Henry Herzbrun
Kathleen Howard
Leona Wolfinger
Known for
It's a Gift
Ball of Fire
Sam Hardy
William LeBaron
Grady Sutton
Claude Neselrode
Known for
The Bank Dick
Anchors Aweigh
Adolph Zukor
Vera Lewis
Mrs. Cordelia Neselrode
Known for
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Night Nurse
Lucien Littlefield
Mr. Peabody
Known for
Sons of the Desert
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Clyde Bruckman Director · Sam Hardy Screenplay Ray Harris Screenplay
United States release August 3, 1935 · Produced in United States
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Distribution
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 3, 1935
Theatrical
Denmark
February 9, 1974 · TV premiere
France
October 9, 1935
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