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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
Charlton Heston
Brad Braden
James Stewart
Buttons
Kathleen Freeman
Spectator (uncredited)
Bob Hope
Spectator (uncredited)
Dorothy Adams
Sam's Wife (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Spectator (uncredited)
Cornel Wilde
The Great Sebastian
Frank Wilcox
Doctor
Bing Crosby
Spectator (uncredited)
Edmond O'Brien
Midway Barker at End (uncredited)
Henry Wilcoxon
FBI Agent Gregory
Gloria Grahame
Angel
Lawrence Tierney
Mr. Henderson
Julia Faye
Birdie
John Kellogg
Harry
Noel Neill
Noel (uncredited)
Angelo Rossitto
Dwarf
Dorothy Lamour
Phyllis
Lane Chandler
Dave (uncredited)
Nancy Gates
Spectator
Franklyn Farnum
Spectator (uncredited)
Lyle Bettger
Klaus
Mona Freeman
Spectator (uncredited)
Betty Hutton
Holly
Eric Alden
Canvas Man (uncredited)
Beverly Washburn
Little Girl Spectator (uncredited)
Arthur Q. Bryan
Ice-Cream Eating Spectator
Syd Saylor
Circus Barker (uncredited)
William Boyd
Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited)
Oliver Blake
Spectator (uncredited)
Lee Aaker
Little Boy Spectator (uncredited)
Emmett Kelly
Himself
John Ridgely
Assistant Manager
Davison Clark
Sam, game customer
Milton Kibbee
Picked-pocket Customer
Daisy Earles
Midget
Erville Alderson
Spectator (uncredited)
Bob Crosby
Spectator
Lillian Albertson
Buttons' mother
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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