The Greatest Show on Earth
movie
The Heartbeat Story of Circus People, Filmed with the Cooperation of Ringling Bros. - Barnum and Bailey Circus!
Released February 16, 1952
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.
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
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Cucciola
as
Cucciola
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Robert Carson
as
The Ringmaster
Crew
Cecil B. DeMille
as
Director
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Theodore St. John
as
Screenplay
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Fredric M. Frank
as
Screenplay
Polly Burson
as
Stunts
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Frank Cavett
as
Story
Cecil B. DeMille
as
Producer
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Barré Lyndon
as
Screenplay
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George Barnes
as
Director of Photography
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Fredric M. Frank
as
Story
Henry Wilcoxon
as
Associate Producer
Anne Bauchens
as
Editor
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Theodore St. John
as
Story