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