The Greatest Show on Earth
Released
February 16, 1952
Runtime: 2h 32m
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 & Crew
Betty Hutton
Holly
Cornel Wilde
The Great Sebastian
Charlton Heston
Brad Braden
Dorothy Lamour
Phyllis
Gloria Grahame
Angel
James Stewart
Buttons
Henry Wilcoxon
Agent Gregory
Lyle Bettger
Klaus
Lawrence Tierney
Mr. Henderson
Emmett Kelly
Emmett Kelly
- CU
Cucciola
Cucciola
- AC
Antoinette Concello
Antoinette Concello
John Ringling North
John Ringling North
- TG
Tuffy Genders
Tuffy Genders
John Kellogg
Harry
John Ridgely
Assistant Manager
Frank Wilcox
Doctor
- RC
Robert Carson
The Ringmaster
Cecil B. DeMille
Director
- TJ
Theodore St. John
Screenplay
- FF
Fredric M. Frank
Screenplay
- FC
Frank Cavett
Story
- BL
Barré Lyndon
Screenplay
Media
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