Man on the Flying Trapeze
Come to the crowning of America's comedy King!
- 1935
- 1h 6m
- Comedy
- 6.2/10
Hard-working, henpecked Ambrose Ambrose Wolfinger takes off from work to go to a wrestling match with catastrophic consequences.
Cast
W.C. Fields
Ambrose Wolfinger
Mary Brian
Hope Wolfinger
Kathleen Howard
Leona Wolfinger
Grady Sutton
Claude Neselrode
Vera Lewis
Mrs. Cordelia Neselrode
Lucien Littlefield
Mr. Peabody
Oscar Apfel
President Malloy
Lew Kelly
Adolph Berg
Tammany Young
'Willie' the Weasel
Walter Brennan
'Legs' Garnett
Edward Gargan
Patrolman
James Burke
Patrolman
Carlotta Monti
Secretary
Arthur Aylesworth
Judge (uncredited)
James Flavin
Chauffeur (uncredited)
Michael Visaroff
Cellmate (uncredited)
David Clyde
J. Farnsworth Wallaby (uncredited)
Billy Bletcher
Timekeeper (uncredited)
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