February 16, 1952
152 minutes
DramaRomance
The Greatest Show on Earth
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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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)
Cucciola
(Cucciola)
Robert Carson
(The Ringmaster)
John Kellogg
(Harry)
Julia Faye
(Birdie)
Cecil B. DeMille
(Narrator (voice) (uncredited))
John Ringling North
(Himself)
Lou Jacobs
(Himself (clown))
Brad Jackson
(Reporter at RIngside)
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))
Chuck Hamilton
(Ambulance Driver (uncredited))
Daisy Earles
(Midget)
Luce Potter
(Midget)
Angelo Rossitto
(Dwarf)
Antoinette Concello
(Antoinette Concello)
Tuffy Genders
(Tuffy Genders)
Kay Wiley
()
Lillian O'Malley
(Spectator)
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