Movie
The Greatest Show on Earth
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1952-02-16
- Runtime
- 152 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Paramount Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Betty Hutton as Holly
- Cornel Wilde as The Great Sebastian
- Charlton Heston as Brad Braden
- Dorothy Lamour as Phyllis
- Gloria Grahame as Angel
- James Stewart as Buttons
- Henry Wilcoxon as Agent Gregory
- Lyle Bettger as Klaus
- Lawrence Tierney as Mr. Henderson
- Emmett Kelly as Emmett Kelly
- Cucciola as Cucciola
- Antoinette Concello as Antoinette Concello
Crew
- Cecil B. DeMille - Director
- Fredric M. Frank - Screenplay
- Theodore St. John - Screenplay
- Barré Lyndon - Screenplay
- Theodore St. John - Story
- Fredric M. Frank - Story
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