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