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The Greatest Show on Earth
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.
1952 · Directed by Cecil B. DeMille · 152 min · Drama · Romance · 28 frames
Tagline
The Heartbeat Story of Circus People, Filmed with the Cooperation of Ringling Bros. - Barnum and Bailey Circus!
Crew
- Screenplay: Theodore St. John, Fredric M. Frank, Barré Lyndon
- Cinematography: George Barnes
- Edited by: Anne Bauchens
- Music: Victor Young
- Produced by: Cecil B. DeMille
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
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Russian
- Studios: Paramount Pictures
- Budget: $4,000,000
- Box office: $36,000,000
- Themes: circus, clown, traveling circus, trapeze artist
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