It's easy to forget what Burt Lancaster looked like in his prime, along with Kirk Douglas and Sean Connery, I don't think there have been any other actors who have such masculine presence. Lancaster makes his co-star; supposed macho man Tony Curtis look an effeminate ladyboy in comparison.
I got sweaty palms just watching Lancaster (the real life ex-acrobat) performing his own stunts on the trapeze. You can't imagine today's cossetted and pampered action heros doing anything as dangerous as this.
Story ? I dont know ? Was there one ? Just like everyone else, I only watched this movie to see Lancaster put his own neck on the line in the said trapeze stunts, and for this alone it is a must see (for me at least).
I got sweaty palms just watching Lancaster (the real life ex-acrobat) performing his own stunts on the trapeze. You can't imagine today's cossetted and pampered action heros doing anything as dangerous as this.
Story ? I dont know ? Was there one ? Just like everyone else, I only watched this movie to see Lancaster put his own neck on the line in the said trapeze stunts, and for this alone it is a must see (for me at least).