The Greatest Show on Earth
The Greatest Show on Earth
6.3
|February 16, 1952|2h 32m|Movie
DramaRomance

Storyline

To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous one-upmanship duel in the ring, while he pursues her on the ground.

Top Cast

Betty Hutton

Betty Hutton

Holly

Cornel Wilde

Cornel Wilde

The Great Sebastian

Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston

Brad Braden

Dorothy Lamour

Dorothy Lamour

Phyllis

Gloria Grahame

Gloria Grahame

Angel

James Stewart

James Stewart

Buttons

Henry Wilcoxon

Henry Wilcoxon

FBI Agent Gregory

Lyle Bettger

Lyle Bettger

Klaus

Lawrence Tierney

Lawrence Tierney

Mr. Henderson

Emmett Kelly

Emmett Kelly

Himself

?

Cucciola

Cucciola

?

Robert Carson

The Ringmaster

John Kellogg

John Kellogg

Harry

Julia Faye

Julia Faye

Birdie

Cecil B. DeMille

Cecil B. DeMille

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

John Ringling North

John Ringling North

Himself

?

Lou Jacobs

Himself (clown)

?

Brad Jackson

Reporter at RIngside

Frank Wilcox

Frank Wilcox

Doctor

Lillian Albertson

Lillian Albertson

Buttons' mother

Director

Cecil B. DeMille

Writers

Fredric M. Frank, Theodore St. John, Barré Lyndon

Status

Released

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