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The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth1952

★6.4152 minDramaRomance

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.

Director

Cecil B. DeMille

Writer

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

Score

Stars

Betty Hutton Cornel Wilde Charlton Heston

Cast51

Betty Hutton
as Holly
Cornel Wilde
as The Great Sebastian
Charlton Heston
as Brad Braden
Dorothy Lamour
as Phyllis
Gloria Grahame
as Angel
James Stewart
as Buttons
Henry Wilcoxon
as Agent Gregory
Lyle Bettger
as Klaus
Lawrence Tierney
as Mr. Henderson
Emmett Kelly
as Emmett Kelly
C
Cucciola
as Cucciola
A
Antoinette Concello
as Antoinette Concello
John Ringling North
as John Ringling North
T
Tuffy Genders
as Tuffy Genders
John Kellogg
as Harry
John Ridgely
as Assistant Manager
Frank Wilcox
as Doctor
R
Robert Carson
as The Ringmaster
Lillian Albertson
as Buttons' Mother
Julia Faye
as Birdie
Cecil B. DeMille
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
L
Lou Jacobs
as Clown (uncredited)
B
Brad Jackson
as Ringside Reporter (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
as Picked-pocket Customer (uncredited)
Davison Clark
as Sam (uncredited)
Dorothy Adams
as Sam's Wife (uncredited)
Arthur Q. Bryan
as Ice-Cream Eating Spectator (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Spectator (uncredited)
Bing Crosby
as Spectator (uncredited)
Bob Hope
as Spectator (uncredited)
Mona Freeman
as Spectator (uncredited)
Kathleen Freeman
as Spectator (uncredited)
William Boyd
as Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited)
Beverly Washburn
as Little Girl Spectator (uncredited)
Lee Aaker
as Little Boy Spectator (uncredited)
Erville Alderson
as Spectator (uncredited)
Oliver Blake
as Spectator (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
as Spectator (uncredited)
Nancy Gates
as Spectator (uncredited)
Bob Crosby
as Spectator (uncredited)
Lane Chandler
as Dave (uncredited)
Edmond O'Brien
as Midway Barker at End (uncredited)
Eric Alden
as Canvas Man (uncredited)
Noel Neill
as Noel (uncredited)
Syd Saylor
as Circus Barker (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
as Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
Daisy Earles
as Midget (uncredited)
L
Luce Potter
as Midget (uncredited)
Angelo Rossitto
as Dwarf (uncredited)
K
Kay Wiley
as (uncredited)
L
Lillian O'Malley
as Spectator (uncredited)

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