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The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

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Rating
Genres
Romance, Kids & Family, Drama
Runtime
2h 32min
Director
Cecil B. DeMille

Cast

Charlton Heston
Brad Braden
Betty Hutton
Holly
Cornel Wilde
The Great Sebastian
Gloria Grahame
Angel
James Stewart
Buttons
Lyle Bettger
Klaus
Dorothy Lamour
Phyllis
Robert Carson
The Ringmaster
John Kellogg
Harry
Lawrence Tierney
Mr. Henderson
Julia Faye
Birdie
Cecil B. DeMille
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
John Ringling North
Himself
Emmett Kelly
Himself
Lou Jacobs
Himself (clown)
Brad Jackson
Reporter at RIngside
Frank Wilcox
Doctor
Henry Wilcoxon
FBI Agent Gregory
Lillian Albertson
Buttons' mother
Milton Kibbee
Picked-pocket Customer
Davison Clark
Sam, game customer
Dorothy Adams
Sam's Wife (uncredited)
Arthur Q. Bryan
Ice-Cream Eating Spectator
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)
Oliver Blake
Spectator (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Spectator (uncredited)
Nancy Gates
Spectator
Bob Crosby
Spectator
John Ridgely
Assistant Manager
Lane Chandler
Dave (uncredited)
Edmond O'Brien
Midway Barker at End (uncredited)
Eric Alden
Canvas Man (uncredited)
Noel Neill
Noel (uncredited)
Syd Saylor
Circus Barker (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
Daisy Earles
Midget
Luce Potter
Midget
Angelo Rossitto
Dwarf

Synopsis

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.

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