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The Greatest Show on Earth
1952, Feb 16
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.
Directed by
Cecil B. DeMille
James Stewart
Buttons
Charlton Heston
Brad Braden
Bob Hope
Spectator (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Spectator (uncredited)
Kathleen Freeman
Spectator (uncredited)
Gloria Grahame
Angel
Noel Neill
Noel (uncredited)
Lawrence Tierney
Mr. Henderson
Cornel Wilde
The Great Sebastian
Lane Chandler
Dave (uncredited)
Edmond O'Brien
Midway Barker at End (uncredited)
Lee Aaker
Little Boy Spectator (uncredited)
Dorothy Adams
Sam's Wife (uncredited)
Angelo Rossitto
Dwarf
Beverly Washburn
Little Girl Spectator (uncredited)
Bing Crosby
Spectator (uncredited)
William Boyd
Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited)
John Kellogg
Harry
Mona Freeman
Spectator (uncredited)
Nancy Gates
Spectator
Franklyn Farnum
Spectator (uncredited)
Arthur Q. Bryan
Ice-Cream Eating Spectator
Dorothy Lamour
Phyllis
Frank Wilcox
Doctor
Julia Faye
Birdie
Milton Kibbee
Picked-pocket Customer
Henry Wilcoxon
FBI Agent Gregory
Davison Clark
Sam, game customer
Lyle Bettger
Klaus
Syd Saylor
Circus Barker (uncredited)
Betty Hutton
Holly
John Ridgely
Assistant Manager
Daisy Earles
Midget
Oliver Blake
Spectator (uncredited)
Lillian Albertson
Buttons' mother
Emmett Kelly
Himself
Eric Alden
Canvas Man (uncredited)
Erville Alderson
Spectator (uncredited)
Bob Crosby
Spectator
John Ringling North
Himself
Cucciola
Cucciola
Robert Carson
The Ringmaster
Lou Jacobs
Himself (clown)
Brad Jackson
Reporter at RIngside
Chuck Hamilton
Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
Luce Potter
Midget
Antoinette Concello
Antoinette Concello
Tuffy Genders
Tuffy Genders
Kay Wiley
Lillian O'Malley
Spectator
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