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The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

ALL 02/16/1952 (en) Drama, Romance 152 Min
  • Release
    02/16/1952
  • Production
    Paramount Pictures
  • Rotten tomato
    63%
  • Original title
    The Greatest Show on Earth
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 36,000,000.00
    -

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

Overview

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.

  1. Cecil B. DeMille

    Director

  3. Anne Bauchens

    Editor

  4. Cecil B. DeMille

    Producer



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  1. Betty Hutton

    Holly

  2. Cornel Wilde

    The Great Sebastian

  3. Charlton Heston

    Brad Braden

  4. Dorothy Lamour

    Phyllis

  5. Gloria Grahame

    Angel

  6. James Stewart

    Buttons

  7. Henry Wilcoxon

    FBI Agent Gregory

  8. Lyle Bettger

    Klaus

  9. Lawrence Tierney

    Mr. Henderson

  10. Emmett Kelly

    Himself

  11. Cucciola

    Cucciola

  12. Robert Carson

    The Ringmaster

  13. John Kellogg

    Harry

  14. Julia Faye

    Birdie

  15. Cecil B. DeMille

    Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

  16. John Ringling North

    Himself

  17. Lou Jacobs

    Himself (clown)

  18. Brad Jackson

    Reporter at RIngside

  19. Frank Wilcox

    Doctor

  20. Lillian Albertson

    Buttons' mother

  21. Milton Kibbee

    Picked-pocket Customer

  22. Davison Clark

    Sam, game customer

  23. Dorothy Adams

    Sam's Wife (uncredited)

  24. Arthur Q. Bryan

    Ice-Cream Eating Spectator

  25. Bess Flowers

    Spectator (uncredited)

  26. Bing Crosby

    Spectator (uncredited)

  27. Bob Hope

    Spectator (uncredited)

  28. Mona Freeman

    Spectator (uncredited)

  29. Kathleen Freeman

    Spectator (uncredited)

  30. William Boyd

    Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited)

  31. Beverly Washburn

    Little Girl Spectator (uncredited)

  32. Lee Aaker

    Little Boy Spectator (uncredited)

  33. Erville Alderson

    Spectator (uncredited)

  34. Oliver Blake

    Spectator (uncredited)

  35. Franklyn Farnum

    Spectator (uncredited)

  36. Nancy Gates

    Spectator

  37. Bob Crosby

    Spectator

  38. John Ridgely

    Assistant Manager

  39. Lane Chandler

    Dave (uncredited)

  40. Edmond O'Brien

    Midway Barker at End (uncredited)

  41. Eric Alden

    Canvas Man (uncredited)

  42. Noel Neill

    Noel (uncredited)

  43. Syd Saylor

    Circus Barker (uncredited)

  44. Chuck Hamilton

    Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

  45. Daisy Earles

    Midget

  46. Luce Potter

    Midget

  47. Angelo Rossitto

    Dwarf

  48. Antoinette Concello

    Antoinette Concello

  49. Tuffy Genders

    Tuffy Genders

  50. Kay Wiley

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 51 , Crews : 28

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The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) 152 Min

ALL 02/16/1952 (en)
Drama, Romance
  • Release 02/16/1952
  • Production
    Paramount Pictures
  • Original title The Greatest Show on Earth
  • en
  • Revenue36,000,000.00

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

Overview

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.

  1. Cecil B. DeMille

    Director

  2. Frank Cavett, Fredric M. Frank, Theodore St. John

    Story

  3. Anne Bauchens

    Editor

  4. Cecil B. DeMille

    Producer



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