---
title: 'Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)'
type: 'film'
director: 'W. C. Fields'
released: '1935-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/man-on-the-flying-trapeze-1935'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026676/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)

1935 · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

Man on the Flying Trapeze is a 1935 American comedy film starring W. C. Fields as a henpecked husband who experiences a series of misadventures while taking a day off from work to attend a wrestling match. As with his other roles of this nature, Fields is put-upon throughout the film, but triumphs in the end. This was the final film directed by Clyde Bruckman.

## Credits

- **Director:** [W. C. Fields](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-c-fields), [Clyde Bruckman](https://cinepixo.com/people/clyde-bruckman)
- **Producer:** [William LeBaron](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-lebaron)
- **Director of Photography:** [Alfred Gilks](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-gilks)
- **Editor:** [Richard C. Currier](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-c-currier)

## Cast

- [Rosemary Theby](https://cinepixo.com/people/rosemary-theby)
- [James Flavin](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-flavin)
- [Arthur Aylesworth](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-aylesworth)
- [Sam Lufkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-lufkin)
- [Billy Bletcher](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-bletcher)
- [Edward Gargan](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-gargan)
- [George B. French](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-b-french)
- [Mary Brian](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-brian)
- [Pat O'Malley](https://cinepixo.com/people/pat-o-malley)
- [James Burke](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-burke)
- [W. C. Fields](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-c-fields)
- [Grady Sutton](https://cinepixo.com/people/grady-sutton)
- [Kathleen Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathleen-howard)
- [Tor Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/tor-johnson)
- [Walter Brennan](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-brennan)

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