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