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1952

2 hr 32 min

The Greatest Show on Earth

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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.

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6.317/10

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Hyperbole is quite common nowadays with a premium paid for hype and superlatives; but this film really does deserve one such accolade - it is a spectacular feast for the eyes. Set in a travelling circ... read more

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almost 3 years ago

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***Delivers the goods for what it is — a big traditional circus flick*** Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus hires a popular Casanova trapeze artist, The Great Sabastian (Cornel Wilde), in... read more

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Cast
Betty Hutton's' Profile Image

Betty Hutton

Holly

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Cornel Wilde

The Great Sebastian

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Charlton Heston

Brad Braden

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Dorothy Lamour

Phyllis

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Gloria Grahame

Angel

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James Stewart

Buttons

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Henry Wilcoxon

FBI Agent Gregory

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Lyle Bettger

Klaus

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Lawrence Tierney

Mr. Henderson

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Emmett Kelly

Himself

Cucciola

Cucciola

Robert Carson

The Ringmaster

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John Kellogg

Harry

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Julia Faye

Birdie

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Cecil B. DeMille

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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John Ringling North

Himself

Lou Jacobs

Himself (clown)

Brad Jackson

Reporter at RIngside

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Frank Wilcox

Doctor

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Lillian Albertson

Buttons' mother

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Milton Kibbee

Picked-pocket Customer

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Davison Clark

Sam, game customer

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Dorothy Adams

Sam's Wife (uncredited)

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Arthur Q. Bryan

Ice-Cream Eating Spectator

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Bess Flowers

Spectator (uncredited)

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Bing Crosby

Spectator (uncredited)

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Bob Hope

Spectator (uncredited)

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Mona Freeman

Spectator (uncredited)

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Kathleen Freeman

Spectator (uncredited)

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William Boyd

Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited)

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Beverly Washburn

Little Girl Spectator (uncredited)

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Lee Aaker

Little Boy Spectator (uncredited)

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Erville Alderson

Spectator (uncredited)

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Oliver Blake

Spectator (uncredited)

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Franklyn Farnum

Spectator (uncredited)

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Nancy Gates

Spectator

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Bob Crosby

Spectator

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John Ridgely

Assistant Manager

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Lane Chandler

Dave (uncredited)

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Edmond O'Brien

Midway Barker at End (uncredited)

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Eric Alden

Canvas Man (uncredited)

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Noel Neill

Noel (uncredited)

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Syd Saylor

Circus Barker (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

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Daisy Earles

Midget

Luce Potter

Midget

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Angelo Rossitto

Dwarf

Antoinette Concello

Antoinette Concello

Tuffy Genders

Tuffy Genders

Kay Wiley

Lillian O'Malley

Spectator

Director
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Cecil B. DeMille

Director

Edward Salven

Assistant Director

Arthur Rosson

Second Unit Director

Creator

Fredric M. Frank

Screenplay

Theodore St. John

Screenplay

Barré Lyndon

Screenplay

Fredric M. Frank

Story

Theodore St. John

Story

Frank Cavett

Story

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