Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "high-wire-act"

1. The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)

Approved | 130 min | Drama

A dictatorial film director (Peter Finch) hires an unknown actress (Kim Novak) to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.

Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Kim Novak, Peter Finch, Ernest Borgnine, Milton Selzer

Votes: 1,508

2. Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943)

Passed | 70 min | Adventure, Mystery, War

With Jane still away for the war effort, Tarzan and Boy set off to retrieve rare medicinal herbs, only to run into an American messenger, German spies, and the mysterious desert's treacherous fauna and flora.

Director: Wilhelm Thiele | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Nancy Kelly, Johnny Sheffield, Otto Kruger

Votes: 2,253

3. High Up (1928)

Animation, Short, Comedy

Oswald and his girlfriend, Ortensia go to the circus. While she is impressed by the high wire act, Oswald in an attempt to prove how brawny he is, climbs the wire to perform, which upsets the ring master, from which, high-jinx pursue.

Directors: Rollin Hamilton, Rudolf Ising

Votes: 28

4. 3-Ring Marriage (1928)

Passed | 60 min | Adventure, Drama

All three rings are filled in this film, the first FFM trans adult entertainment film to be shown in cinema.

Director: Marshall Neilan | Stars: Mary Astor, Lloyd Hughes, Lawford Davidson, Yola d'Avril

Votes: 31

5. Iloinen Linnanmäki (1960)

81 min | Comedy

THE SHAMPOO WARS. Two competing hair care companies demonstrate their products on stage at a Helsinki amusement park, using celebrities from television, the hottest new media of the early 1960s.

Director: Jack Witikka | Stars: Niilo Tarvajärvi, Tea Ista, Ismo Kallio, Matti Aulos

Votes: 83

6. Murder, She Wrote (1984–1996)
Episode: Death Stalks the Big Top: Part 1 (1986)

TV-PG | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When Jessica's niece receives a silver Leprechaun from someone who has been presumed dead for years, Jessica decides to hunt down the mysterious gift giver from beyond the grave.

Director: Seymour Robbie | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Martin Balsam, Jackie Cooper, Alex Cord

Votes: 489

7. Murder, She Wrote (1984–1996)
Episode: Death Stalks the Big Top: Part 2 (1986)

TV-PG | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

One murder leads to another as Jessica finds herself chasing down false alibis and the employees of a rival circus.

Director: Seymour Robbie | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Martin Balsam, Jackie Cooper, Alex Cord

Votes: 444

8. Sword of Freedom (1957– )
Episode: The Reluctant Duke (1957)

25 min | Adventure, Family

After a series of assassination attempts, the Duke of Teano flees his lands and joins a troupe of clowns in Florence. His sister asks Marco to find the young man and beg him to return.

Director: Coby Ruskin | Stars: Edmund Purdom, Murray Hayne, Norma Parnell, Bryan Coleman

9. Wizards and Warriors (1983)
Episode: The Dungeon of Death (1983)

49 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The faithful Marko has been captured along with information crucial to the war. Prince Erik with the aid of his brother Prince Justin and a band of mercenaries must get into the dungeon of Castle Blackpool to retrieve them both.

Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Jeff Conaway, Walter Olkewicz, Duncan Regehr, Julia Duffy

Votes: 9

10. The Red Green Show (1991–2006)
Episode: The House Raising (1996)

TV-G | 24 min | Comedy

After they learn that Buster Hadfield's house burnt down, Red and his pals try to raise money to buy a new one.

Director: Rick Green | Stars: Bob Bainborough, Rick Green, Patrick McKenna, Steve Smith

Votes: 11

11. Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines (1969–1970)
Episode: Balmy Swami/Camouflage Hop-Aroo/Mop Up/Left Hanging/Wild Mutt Muttley (1969)

22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Dick Dastardly consults a fortune teller to help him catch Yankee Doodle Pigeon.

Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Don Messick, Paul Winchell

Votes: 46

12. Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines (1969–1970)
Episode: Stop That Pigeon/Grease Job/Robot/The Big Topper/Zilly's a Dilly (1969)

22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Klunk creates a missile that homes in on sneezes.

Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna | Stars: Don Messick, Paul Winchell

Votes: 49

13. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Krusty the Clown (2018)

TV-14 | 21 min | Animation, Comedy

Krusty hides out at a circus after he nearly kills Homer, who becomes a TV recapper and gives him a bad grade.

Directors: Matthew Faughnan, Mike B. Anderson | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 914