Man on the Flying Trapeze

Man on the Flying Trapeze

66 mins | Comedy | Aug. 3, 1935

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

Man on the Flying Trapeze

66 mins | Comedy | Aug. 3, 1935

Man on the Flying Trapeze
Hard-working, henpecked Ambrose Ambrose Wolfinger takes off from work to go to a wrestling match with catastrophic consequences.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Paramount
Original title Man on the Flying Trapeze
Directors W.C. Fields, Clyde Bruckman
Writers Ray Harris, W.C. Fields, Sam Hardy

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

Oscar Apfel

as President Malloy

Lew Kelly

as Adolph Berg

Tammany Young

as 'Willie' the Weasel

Walter Brennan

as 'Legs' Garnett

Edward Gargan

as Patrolman

James Burke

as Patrolman

Carlotta Monti

as Secretary

Arthur Aylesworth

as Judge (uncredited)

James Flavin

as Chauffeur (uncredited)

Michael Visaroff

as Cellmate (uncredited)

David Clyde

as J. Farnsworth Wallaby (uncredited)

Billy Bletcher

as Timekeeper (uncredited)

Heinie Conklin

as Street Cleaner (uncredited)

Tor Johnson

as Tosoff - Wrestler (uncredited)

Florence Lawrence

as (uncredited)

Harry Ekezian

as Hookalakah Meshobbab (uncredited)

Rosemary Theby

as Helpful Passerby (uncredited)

Minerva Urecal

as Italian Woman in Ambulance (uncredited)