The Greatest Show on Earth

"The Heartbeat Story of Circus People, Filmed with the Cooperation of Ringling Bros. - Barnum and Bailey Circus!"

1952
2 hr 31 min
6.3 (261)
Released

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.

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Description

Release Date

1952
Runtime

2 hr 31 min
Language

en
Rating

6.3 (261)

Genres

Drama Romance
Director

Cecil B. DeMille
Cast

Betty Hutton
Cornel Wilde
Charlton Heston
Dorothy Lamour
Gloria Grahame
James Stewart
Henry Wilcoxon
Lyle Bettger
Lawrence Tierney
Emmett Kelly
Cucciola
Robert Carson
John Kellogg
Julia Faye
Cecil B. DeMille
John Ringling North
Lou Jacobs
Brad Jackson
Frank Wilcox
Lillian Albertson
Milton Kibbee
Davison Clark
Dorothy Adams
Arthur Q. Bryan
Bess Flowers
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Mona Freeman
Kathleen Freeman
William Boyd
Beverly Washburn
Lee Aaker
Erville Alderson
Oliver Blake
Franklyn Farnum
Nancy Gates
Bob Crosby
John Ridgely
Lane Chandler
Edmond O'Brien
Eric Alden
Noel Neill
Syd Saylor
Chuck Hamilton
Daisy Earles
Luce Potter
Angelo Rossitto
Antoinette Concello
Tuffy Genders
Kay Wiley
Lillian O'Malley