Man on a Tightrope is a taut 'chase' [based on a story, International Incident by Neil Paterson]. The chase, in this instance, is an entire circus, a shabby enough troupe but, nonetheless ...

"I observed the tightrope 'dancer' — because you couldn't call him a 'walker' — approximately halfway between the two towers," he later reported. "And upon seeing us he started to smile and ...