"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."
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)
Linda Marmelstein
Producer
Bill Couch
Stunt Coordinator
Bill Soden
Music
Larry Elikann
Director
Hank McCann
Casting
Richard Bianchi
Art Direction
Daniel Wilson
Executive Producer
Joseph Farell
Camera Operator
Jan Hartman
Writer
Joe Weber
Eric Albertson
Editor
Patrick McMahon
John Boxer
Costume Design
Bob Bailin
Director of Photography
Sandra Lee Gimpel
Stunt Double