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