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