Man on the Flying Trapeze
“Come to the crowning of America's comedy King!”
Clyde BruckmanWhere to watch in the United States: Free: Darkroom. Streaming data from JustWatch via TMDB; availability changes.
Cast
W.C. Fields 
Mary Brian 
Kathleen Howard 
Grady Sutton 
Vera Lewis 
Lucien Littlefield
Credits
Written by: Ray Harris
Plot
Hard-working, henpecked Ambrose Ambrose Wolfinger takes off from work to go to a wrestling match with catastrophic consequences.
Sinekatalog’s take
Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935) is a American comedy directed by Clyde Bruckman. It stars W.C. Fields, Mary Brian and Kathleen Howard. It runs 66 minutes. It is listed here for its festival and awards record.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.4 / 10 (1,480 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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