The Greatest Show on Earth
257 reviews
Drama/Romance
2h 32m
1952
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...
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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.
- DirectorCecil B. DeMille
- Release16 February 1952
- Genre
- Duration2h 32m
- Budget$4,000,000
- Revenue$36,000,000
- Rate257 reviews
- Productions
Paramount Pictures
Cast

Betty Hutton
Holly

Cornel Wilde
The Great Sebastian

Charlton Heston
Brad Braden

Dorothy Lamour
Phyllis

Gloria Grahame
Angel

James Stewart
Buttons

Henry Wilcoxon
FBI Agent Gregory

Lyle Bettger
Klaus

Lawrence Tierney
Mr. Henderson

Emmett Kelly
Himself

John Kellogg
Harry

Julia Faye
Birdie

Cecil B. DeMille
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

John Ringling North
Himself

Frank Wilcox
Doctor

Lillian Albertson
Buttons' mother

Milton Kibbee
Picked-pocket Customer

Davison Clark
Sam, game customer

Dorothy Adams
Sam's Wife (uncredited)

Arthur Q. Bryan
Ice-Cream Eating Spectator

Bess Flowers
Spectator (uncredited)

Bing Crosby
Spectator (uncredited)

Bob Hope
Spectator (uncredited)

Mona Freeman
Spectator (uncredited)

Kathleen Freeman
Spectator (uncredited)

William Boyd
Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited)

Beverly Washburn
Little Girl Spectator (uncredited)

Lee Aaker
Little Boy Spectator (uncredited)

Erville Alderson
Spectator (uncredited)

Oliver Blake
Spectator (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum
Spectator (uncredited)

Nancy Gates
Spectator

Bob Crosby
Spectator

John Ridgely
Assistant Manager

Lane Chandler
Dave (uncredited)

Edmond O'Brien
Midway Barker at End (uncredited)

Eric Alden
Canvas Man (uncredited)

Noel Neill
Noel (uncredited)

Syd Saylor
Circus Barker (uncredited)

Daisy Earles
Midget

Angelo Rossitto
Dwarf
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