The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

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2h 32min | Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance | Jan 10, 1952 | Released

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.

Director: Cecil B. DeMille

Producer:

Writer(s): Fredric M. Frank Theodore St. John

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Cast & Crew

Cast (37 Members)

Buttons

Midget

Assistant Manager

Sam's Wife (uncredited)

Lawrence Tierney

Mr. Henderson

Kathleen Freeman

Spectator (uncredited)

Midway Barker at End (uncredited)

Cecil B. DeMille

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Charlton Heston

Brad Braden

Beverly Washburn

Little Girl Spectator (uncredited)

Spectator (uncredited)

Spectator (uncredited)

Ambulance Driver

Doctor

The Great Sebastian

Little Boy Spectator (uncredited)

FBI Agent Gregory

Angel

Harry

Spectator (uncredited)

Phyllis

Circus Barker (uncredited)

Dave (uncredited)

Holly

Klaus

Spectator (uncredited)

Spectator

Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited)

Birdie

Himself

Noel (uncredited)

Erville Alderson

Spectator (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Spectator

Canvas Man (uncredited)

Lillian Albertson

Buttons' mother

John Ringling North

Himself

Himself (clown)

James Stewart Buttons

Daisy Earles Midget

John Ridgely Assistant Manager

Dorothy Adams Sam's Wife (uncredited)

Lawrence Tierney Mr. Henderson

Kathleen Freeman Spectator (uncredited)

Edmond O'Brien Midway Barker at End (uncredited)

Cecil B. DeMille Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Charlton Heston Brad Braden

Beverly Washburn Little Girl Spectator (uncredited)

Mona Freeman Spectator (uncredited)

Bing Crosby Spectator (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton Ambulance Driver

Frank Wilcox Doctor

Cornel Wilde The Great Sebastian

Lee Aaker Little Boy Spectator (uncredited)

Henry Wilcoxon FBI Agent Gregory

Gloria Grahame Angel

John Kellogg Harry

Bob Hope Spectator (uncredited)

Dorothy Lamour Phyllis

Syd Saylor Circus Barker (uncredited)

Lane Chandler Dave (uncredited)

Betty Hutton Holly

Lyle Bettger Klaus

Oliver Blake Spectator (uncredited)

Bess Flowers Spectator

William Boyd Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited)

Julia Faye Birdie

Emmett Kelly Himself

Noel Neill Noel (uncredited)

Erville Alderson Spectator (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum Spectator

Eric Alden Canvas Man (uncredited)

Lillian Albertson Buttons' mother

John Ringling North Himself

Lou Jacobs Himself (clown)

Crew (7 Members)

Director of Photography

Cecil B. DeMille

Director

Music

Associate Producer

Editor

Fredric M. Frank

Screenplay

Theodore St. John

Screenplay

George Barnes Director of Photography

Cecil B. DeMille Director

Victor Young Music

Henry Wilcoxon Associate Producer

Anne Bauchens Editor

Fredric M. Frank Screenplay

Theodore St. John Screenplay

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