The Greatest Show on Earth
Released
February 16, 1952
Runtime: 2h 32m
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.
Loading where to watch…
Cast & Crew
Betty Hutton
Holly
Cornel Wilde
The Great Sebastian
Charlton Heston
Brad Braden
Dorothy Lamour
Phyllis
Gloria Grahame
Angel
James Stewart
Buttons
Henry Wilcoxon
FBI Agent Gregory
Lyle Bettger
Klaus
Lawrence Tierney
Mr. Henderson
Emmett Kelly
Himself
- CU
Cucciola
Cucciola
- RC
Robert Carson
The Ringmaster
John Kellogg
Harry
Julia Faye
Birdie
Cecil B. DeMille
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
John Ringling North
Himself
- LJ
Lou Jacobs
Himself (clown)
- BJ
Brad Jackson
Reporter at RIngside
Cecil B. DeMille
Director
- FF
Fredric M. Frank
Screenplay
- TJ
Theodore St. John
Screenplay
- BL
Barré Lyndon
Screenplay
- FC
Frank Cavett
Story
Media
You Might Also Like
Water for Elephants
Apr 15, 2011
The Yellow Handkerchief
Nov 19, 2009
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Apr 29, 1983
Life in a Year
Nov 27, 2020
Blood and Sand
May 30, 1941
Step Up All In
Jul 15, 2014
Salome
Mar 24, 1953
Titanic
Apr 11, 1953
The Fugitive Kind
Apr 14, 1960
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Jun 29, 1972
Two for the Seesaw
Nov 21, 1962
Nine Lives
Sep 2, 2005
Forever First Love
May 17, 2020
At First Sight
Jan 15, 1999