The Greatest Show on Earth
1952 • Drama | Romance
Cecil B. DeMille
Director
Frank Cavett
Story
Fredric M. Frank
Story
Theodore St. John
Story
Status
Released
Release date
February 16, 1952
Duration
152 Min
Language
en
Popularity
3.4906
Budget
$4,000,000
Revenue
$36,000,000
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
Cornel Wilde
Charlton Heston
Dorothy Lamour
Gloria Grahame
James Stewart
Henry Wilcoxon
Lyle Bettger
Lawrence Tierney
Emmett Kelly
John Ringling North
John Kellogg
John Ridgely
Frank Wilcox
Lillian Albertson
Julia Faye
Cecil B. DeMille
Milton Kibbee
Davison Clark
Dorothy Adams
Arthur Q. Bryan
Bess Flowers
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Mona Freeman
Kathleen Freeman
William Boyd
Beverly Washburn
Lee Aaker
Erville Alderson
Oliver Blake
Franklyn Farnum
Nancy Gates
Bob Crosby
Lane Chandler
Edmond O'Brien
Eric Alden
Noel Neill
Syd Saylor
Chuck Hamilton
Daisy Earles
Angelo Rossitto
