The Greatest Show on Earth poster
Director Cecil B. DeMille
Screenplay Fredric M. Frank, Barré Lyndon, Theodore St. John

The Greatest Show on Earth

Tagline: The Heartbeat Story of Circus People, Filmed with the Cooperation of Ringling Bros. - Barnum and Bailey Circus!

Release Date: 1952-02-16

Duration: 152 minutes

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.

Casting

  • Charlton Heston
    Brad Braden
  • Lyle Bettger
    Klaus
  • Julia Faye
    Birdie
  • James Stewart
    Buttons
  • Bess Flowers
    Spectator (uncredited)
  • Bing Crosby
    Spectator (uncredited)
  • Cecil B. DeMille
    Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
  • Kathleen Freeman
    Spectator (uncredited)
  • Cornel Wilde
    The Great Sebastian
  • Gloria Grahame
    Angel