
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952 • Drama | Romance
Cecil B. DeMille
Director
Theodore St. John
Story
Fredric M. Frank
Story
Frank Cavett
Story
Status
Released
Release date
February 16, 1952
Duration
152 Min
Language
en
Popularity
4.2983
Budget
$4,000,000
Revenue
$36,000,000
Overview
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.
Cast

Betty Hutton

Cornel Wilde

Charlton Heston

Dorothy Lamour

Gloria Grahame

James Stewart

Henry Wilcoxon

Lyle Bettger

Lawrence Tierney

Emmett Kelly

John Kellogg

Julia Faye

Cecil B. DeMille

John Ringling North

Frank Wilcox

Lillian Albertson

Milton Kibbee

Davison Clark

Dorothy Adams

Arthur Q. Bryan

Bess Flowers

Bing Crosby

Bob Hope

Mona Freeman

Kathleen Freeman

William Boyd

Beverly Washburn

Lee Aaker

Erville Alderson

Oliver Blake

Franklyn Farnum

Nancy Gates

Bob Crosby

John Ridgely

Lane Chandler

Edmond O'Brien

Eric Alden

Noel Neill

Syd Saylor

Daisy Earles

Angelo Rossitto