The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
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
Top Billed Cast: Lane Chandler, Noel Neill, Kathleen Freeman
Runtime: 152 minutes
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Betty Hutton
Holly
Cornel Wilde
The Great Sebastian
Charlton Heston
Brad Braden
Dorothy Lamour
Phyllis
Gloria Grahame
Angel
James Stewart
Buttons
Henry Wilcoxon
Agent Gregory
Lyle Bettger
Klaus
Lawrence Tierney
Mr. Henderson
Emmett Kelly
Emmett Kelly
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Cucciola
Cucciola
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Antoinette Concello
Antoinette Concello
John Ringling North
John Ringling North
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Tuffy Genders
Tuffy Genders
John Kellogg
Harry
John Ridgely
Assistant Manager
Frank Wilcox
Doctor
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Robert Carson
The Ringmaster
Lillian Albertson
Buttons' Mother
Julia Faye
Birdie
Cecil B. DeMille
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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Lou Jacobs
Clown (uncredited)
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Brad Jackson
Ringside Reporter (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
Picked-pocket Customer (uncredited)
Davison Clark
Sam (uncredited)
Dorothy Adams
Sam's Wife (uncredited)
Arthur Q. Bryan
Ice-Cream Eating Spectator (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Spectator (uncredited)
Bing Crosby
Spectator (uncredited)
Bob Hope
Spectator (uncredited)
Mona Freeman
Spectator (uncredited)
Kathleen Freeman
Spectator (uncredited)
William Boyd
Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited)
Beverly Washburn
Little Girl Spectator (uncredited)
Lee Aaker
Little Boy Spectator (uncredited)
Erville Alderson
Spectator (uncredited)
