The Greatest Show on Earth
Drama
Romance
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.
1952-02-16
en
Cast
Director
Cecil B. DeMille
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 Agent Gregory
Lyle Bettger as Klaus
Lawrence Tierney as Mr. Henderson
Emmett Kelly as Emmett Kelly
John Ringling North as John Ringling North
John Kellogg as Harry
John Ridgely as Assistant Manager
Frank Wilcox as Doctor
Lillian Albertson as Buttons' Mother
Julia Faye as Birdie
Cecil B. DeMille as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee as Picked-pocket Customer (uncredited)
Davison Clark as Sam (uncredited)
Dorothy Adams as Sam's Wife (uncredited)
Arthur Q. Bryan as Ice-Cream Eating Spectator (uncredited)
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 (uncredited)
Bob Crosby as Spectator (uncredited)
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 (uncredited)
Angelo Rossitto as Dwarf (uncredited)