The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth

152 mins | Drama, Family, Romance | Feb. 16, 1952

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.

The Greatest Show on Earth

152 mins | Drama, Family, Romance | Feb. 16, 1952

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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Paramount
Original title The Greatest Show on Earth
Directors Edward Salven, Arthur Rosson, Cecil B. DeMille
Writers Frank Cavett, Theodore St. John, Fredric M. Frank, Barré Lyndon

Cast

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 FBI Agent Gregory

Lyle Bettger

as Klaus

Lawrence Tierney

as Mr. Henderson

Emmett Kelly

as Himself

Cucciola

as Cucciola

Robert Carson

as The Ringmaster

John Kellogg

as Harry

Julia Faye

as Birdie

Cecil B. DeMille

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

John Ringling North

as Himself

Lou Jacobs

as Himself (clown)

Brad Jackson

as Reporter at RIngside

Frank Wilcox

as Doctor

Lillian Albertson

as Buttons' mother

Milton Kibbee

as Picked-pocket Customer

Davison Clark

as Sam, game customer

Dorothy Adams

as Sam's Wife (uncredited)

Arthur Q. Bryan

as Ice-Cream Eating Spectator

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

Bob Crosby

as Spectator

John Ridgely

as Assistant Manager

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

Luce Potter

as Midget

Angelo Rossitto

as Dwarf

Antoinette Concello

as Antoinette Concello

Tuffy Genders

as Tuffy Genders