The Man On The Flying Trapeze

There's no circus, no flying trapeze, but lots of laughs generated by the myriad frustrations and barely controlled rage of "the man" in this great W.C. Fields vehicle. A deft sketch of the potentially nightmarish qualities of small town America, it still has an edge.

Ambrose Wolfinger (Fields) dawdles over brushing his teeth and gargling in the bathroom until his shrewish wife, Leona (Howard) complains about the noise. Trundling to bed, he falls asleep snoring, only to be awakened when his wife improbably hears sounds of burglars singing. Gun in hand, Wolfinger creeps out of his bedroom to investigate, but the weapon accidentally discharges, bringing his horren...