Man on the Flying Trapeze

Man on the Flying Trapeze

Man on the Flying Trapeze

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Man on the Flying Trapeze

"Come to the crowning of America's comedy King!"

1935

1h 6m

6.2(17 votes)

Comedy

Overview

Hard-working, henpecked Ambrose Ambrose Wolfinger takes off from work to go to a wrestling match with catastrophic consequences.

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Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

W.C. Fields

W.C. Fields

Ambrose Wolfinger

Mary Brian

Mary Brian

Hope Wolfinger

Kathleen Howard

Kathleen Howard

Leona Wolfinger

Grady Sutton

Grady Sutton

Claude Neselrode

Vera Lewis

Vera Lewis

Mrs. Cordelia Neselrode

Lucien Littlefield

Lucien Littlefield

Mr. Peabody

Oscar Apfel

Oscar Apfel

President Malloy

Lew Kelly

Lew Kelly

Adolph Berg

Tammany Young

Tammany Young

'Willie' the Weasel

Walter Brennan

Walter Brennan

'Legs' Garnett

Creative team

Directed by: Clyde Bruckman
W.C. Fields
Written by: Sam Hardy
W.C. Fields

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