The Greatest Show on Earth
The Greatest Show on Earth
Release: 1952-02-16
·Runtime: 152m
·★ 6.3
Drama
Romance
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Daisy Earles
as Midget
Cornel Wilde
as The Great Sebastian
Charlton Heston
as Brad Braden
Gloria Grahame
as Angel
Bess Flowers
as Spectator (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
as Spectator (uncredited)
Noel Neill
as Noel (uncredited)
Bob Hope
as Spectator (uncredited)
Lee Aaker
as Little Boy Spectator (uncredited)
Erville Alderson
as Spectator (uncredited)
John Ridgely
as Assistant Manager
Angelo Rossitto
as Dwarf
John Ringling North
as Himself
Milton Kibbee
as Picked-pocket Customer
Edmond O'Brien
as Midway Barker at End (uncredited)
Eric Alden
as Canvas Man (uncredited)
James Stewart
as Buttons
Henry Wilcoxon
as FBI Agent Gregory
Emmett Kelly
as Himself
John Kellogg
as Harry
Bob Crosby
as Spectator
Dorothy Lamour
as Phyllis
Lawrence Tierney
as Mr. Henderson
Lillian Albertson
as Buttons' mother
Bing Crosby
as Spectator (uncredited)
William Boyd
as Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited)
Beverly Washburn
as Little Girl Spectator (uncredited)
Nancy Gates
as Spectator
Lane Chandler
as Dave (uncredited)
Julia Faye
as Birdie
Davison Clark
as Sam, game customer
Arthur Q. Bryan
as Ice-Cream Eating Spectator
Kathleen Freeman
as Spectator (uncredited)
Oliver Blake
as Spectator (uncredited)
Lyle Bettger
as Klaus
Cecil B. DeMille
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox
as Doctor
Dorothy Adams
as Sam's Wife (uncredited)
Mona Freeman
as Spectator (uncredited)
Syd Saylor
as Circus Barker (uncredited)
Betty Hutton
as Holly
Crew
Cecil B. DeMille
Director, Producer
Polly Burson
Stunts
Edith Head
Costume Design
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Henry Wilcoxon
Associate Producer
Victor Young
Original Music Composer
Anne Bauchens
Editor
Dorothy Jeakins
Costume Design
John Ringling North
Technical Advisor
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor