Trapeze

1956 · 105 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 5,466 VOTES · DIR. Carol Reed

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 977 lines

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00:00:29 Ladies and gentlemen - Mike Ribble, the only man alive today to attempt a triple.
00:06:11 I pay you what you got before, and I check what you got before.
00:09:25 Closer still. Shoulder width.
00:13:45 - Come here, let's have a look at you. - Rosa!
00:18:30 Before he becomes this great catcher he might change the rigging for my act.
00:22:26 You got your legs here. Here's your body. That's the position you come in to me in.
00:25:10 What about your partners? Don't you mind losing them?
00:28:18 But the triple itself was perfect.
00:33:48 Let's drink to Ribble and Orsini, the first pure act in years.
00:37:31 Brutto pallone gonfiato. Ti credi un artista, ti credi. Lo sai cosa sei? Un pagliaccio!
00:41:26 It's unique in history, the greatest act since Léotard invented trapeze
00:45:06 We gotta think alike. Neither one of us is good without the other.
00:49:06 - The booking is for the act. All four. - Get someone else.
00:56:28 - Nice style, the boy. - Not bad.
01:01:28 Oh, Tino.
01:05:22 I'll work with you, Mike. I'll work for the triple until my hands burn off.
01:08:53 Sorry, Mike. Next swing.
01:13:58 Where sometimes you eat, but not if it rains or a tyre blows out or the lion dies.
01:18:19 Get the first-aid box. Quick.
01:23:22 We must tell Tino.
01:27:10 - What's he trying to say, Mike? - Tell her!
01:30:18 - And it was too late. - Oh, please. I listened to you before.
01:35:38 Watch my swing. Let me know when it's right.
01:41:25 ENHOH

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed977
Dialogue density9.3 lines / min
First line00:00:29
Final line01:41:25

Production Record

DirectorCarol Reed
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4,000,000
Revenue$14,400,000
IMDb votes5,466