Comedy · United States of America · 1935 · 1h 6m

Man on the Flying Trapeze

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Director
Clyde BruckmanW.C. Fields
Cast
W.C. Fields as Ambrose Wolfinger Mary Brian as Hope Wolfinger Kathleen Howard as Leona Wolfinger Grady Sutton as Claude Neselrode Vera Lewis as Mrs. Cordelia Neselrode Lucien Littlefield as Mr. Peabody
Crew
Ray Harris — Screenplay Sam Hardy — Screenplay W.C. Fields — Story Sam Hardy — Story
Tagline

Come to the crowning of America's comedy King!

Synopsis

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

Mood & Themes
wrestling
Key Collaborators
Clyde Bruckman Director W.C. Fields Director Ray Harris Screenplay Sam Hardy Screenplay W.C. Fields Story Sam Hardy Story
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