Lovers on a Tightrope

Lovers on a Tightrope (French: La corde raide) is a 1960 French drama helmed by Jean-Charles Dudrumet from a script by Roland Laudenbach; shooting wrapped in 1959, though release followed the next year. Annie Girardot and François Périer share top billing, with Gérard Buhr rounding out the leading roles, while Olivier Girard handled the picture's set design.

Running close to eighty minutes, the ensemble also draws on supporting players Henri Crémieux and Paul Bisciglia. The film reflects the era's taste for tightly wound romantic melodrama carried by well-known French performers of the period.