The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
The Heartbeat Story of Circus People, Filmed with the Cooperation of Ringling Bros. - Barnum and Bailey Circus!
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.
- Date of release
- 1952-02-16
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (288)
- Runtime
- 2h 32m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Director
- Cecil B. DeMille
Casting
- 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
- Cucciola — Cucciola
- Antoinette Concello — Antoinette Concello
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