The Great Wallendas
12/02/1978
Drama based on the legendary circus family, its spectacular but tragic career, and its unique aerial act that includes the seven-member pyramid that led to the 1962 accident in which two of the troupe were killed and another permanently paralyzed.
Drama
TV Movie
Movie Information
Lloyd Bridges
as Karl Wallenda
Britt Ekland
as Jenny Wallenda
Taina Elg
as Helen Wallenda
Cathy Rigby
as Jana Schmidt
John van Dreelen
as Herman Wallenda
Michael McGuire
as Arnold Fielding
Ben Fuhrman
as Gunther Wallenda
Travis Hudson
as Lotte Schmidt
Bruce Ornstein
as Mario Wallenda
Stephen Parr
as Dick Faughnan
William Sadler
as Dieter Schmidt
Isa Thomas
as Edith Wallenda
Casey Biggs
as Gene Hallow
Lucinda Bridges
as Nurse
Tino Wallenda
as Nino Canetti (uncredited)
