Man on the Flying Trapeze

1935 · 66 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 1,397 VOTES · DIR. Clyde Bruckman, W.C. Fields

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Overview

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

Comedy1930s

Dialogue Timeline — 1,003 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:48 Ambrose.
00:06:11 Ambrose. Ambrose.
00:07:52 An unearthly hour. Where are they?
00:09:43 Burglars singing in the cellar!
00:11:50 Here it is. Here. There, it's simple enough.
00:14:56 Merciful heavens. What happened?
00:17:42 I got to take them in.
00:19:54 Now, wait a minute.
00:22:50 Oh, that's in your favor, yeah.
00:24:54 Excuse. Pardon me.
00:27:54 Yeah, I think that's right.
00:30:03 Oh, Claude's going to see that wrestling match.
00:32:19 Have a nice day, beauty.
00:34:32 to take back to Australia.
00:36:51 Two years. Three years.
00:39:16 Yes, Mr. Wolfinger.
00:42:14 Oh, do you think so? I got a couple of bucks to bet on Tosoff.
00:44:50 No matter what anybody tells you to do, I'm running this beat.
00:48:39 I'll telephone Ambrose.
00:52:44 And now we come to the main bout of the afternoon.
00:56:39 Dear, I pledge you my word I did not take my secretary to the wrestling matches.
00:58:47 Did you ring, sir? Yes.
01:01:14 Hello?
01:03:21 You know what I was thinking I'd do?

Cast & Characters

W.C. Fields Ambrose Wolfinger Mary Brian Hope Wolfinger Kathleen Howard Leona Wolfinger Grady Sutton Claude Neselrode Vera Lewis Mrs. Neselrode Lucien Littlefield Mr. Peabody Oscar Apfel President Malloy Lew Kelly Adolph Berg Tammany Young 'Willie' the Weasel Walter Brennan 'Legs' Garnett

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,003
Dialogue density15.2 lines / min
First line00:01:48
Final line01:03:21

Production Record

DirectorClyde Bruckman, W.C. Fields
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,397